In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do.

Diving Anole Lizards Use Bubbles to Breathe Underwater Like a natural form of scuba gear, the semi-aquatic lizard can stay submerged underwater for up to 18 minutes using the clever trick ...

Using an underwater camera, Dr. Swierk first viewed the bubble appearing and disappearing atop the anole’s snout. The bubble, which forms mostly as a result of air stored in the lizard’s lungs ...

Lindsey Swierk By Sharon Oosthoek July 27, 2021 at 8:00 am - More than 2 years ago Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their ...

Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences could determine who survives.

The diving anole lives in Costa Rica’s rainforest, where it’s able to form small air bubbles atop its head as a source of oxygen when submerged. This ability allows the lizard to stay ...

Water anoles, a semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of southern Costa Rica. These green-brown water anoles can dive underwater to escape would-be predators — and stay there for ...

The anoles were seen periodically inflating the bubbles and then drawing them back in through their noses—so to test if they use these bubbles to breathe, scientists observed the reptiles ...

Few lizards leave or come to the island, and they all face the same predators and other pressures. They also inhabited different niches in the habitat — brown anoles are ground hunters, bark ...

Lizard-eating corn snakes are also out hunting, trying to find the anoles before we do. As we wrap up another 16-hour day at about 11:30 p.m., the team shares stories of the night.