Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Zootoca vivipara, better known as the common lizard, is the sort of ...

An intricate three-way mating struggle first observed in a species of North American lizard has been discovered in a distant relative, the European common lizard. The two species are separated by ...

Which came first, the lizard or the egg? In the case of at least one lizard, we have an answer: the live-bearing lizard came first and only later evolved the ability to lay eggs. It’s a rare example ...

Lizards unlike newts have scaly skin and lay shelled eggs and only use ponds to drink from - they do not live in water. Pictured above is a juvenile sand lizard. The other two native lizard species in ...

False widow spiders first arrived on the island of Ireland in the 1980s For the first time a false widow spider has been recorded feeding on Ireland's only native lizard. The zootoca vivipara, or ...

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

Lizards need good bacteria in their guts to stay healthy just like humans do, but climate change could kill a lot of the microorganisms that keep their digestion running smoothly. The environment ...

For the first time a false widow spider has been recorded feeding on Ireland's only native lizard. The zootoca vivipara, or common lizard, is a protected species in both the Republic of Ireland and ...

Ask most people and they’ll tell you there are no lizards in Northern Ireland. But they’d be wrong. St Patrick might have managed to drive the snakes off the island but he overlooked the common lizard ...

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...