Lizards are famous for their strange ability to lose their own tails. This ability is called tail autotomy, a survival strategy in which a lizard voluntarily detaches its own tail. While this ...

With its tiny, spiky body, the armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus) looks like a baby dragon and has a defensive trick that looks straight out of a cartoon. As seen in this Instagram ...

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...