A study appearing in Behavioral Ecology shows that in male wall lizards, certain behaviors have a greater influence on the way they resolve territorial disputes than their size and coloration. While ...

Body shape, color and behavior often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright ...

Ibiza’s endemic wall lizards are under severe pressure from invasive horseshoe whip snakes. The crisis shows why island ...

When you picture a lizard clinging to a wall, “friendly neighbour” is hardly the first thought that comes to mind. Wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) are known to be solitary and fiercely territorial, ...

People seldom mention Milan, Italy, and Cincinnati, Ohio, in the same sentence. One reason they might do so is that both are home to a reptile known as the common wall lizard. The wall lizard is now a ...