The new robot runs across an uneven surface in a way modeled off a zebra-tailed lizard. Image courtesy of Chen Li, Tingnan Zhang, Daniel Goldman Designing a robot that can easily move across ...

Another remarkable detail about the handsome gray, black and white western zebra-tailed lizard is the banded tail that quickly curls, flips and whips. Such movements are thought to be aimed at ...

In work to appear in The Journal of Experimental Biology, the team shows that the zebra-tailed lizard exploits the fluid-like properties of sand in much the same way. Christofer Clemente ...

We compared populations of zebra-tailed lizards and western banded geckos ... In this study, we sampled four additional lizard species sympatric with U. stansburiana at the MNP to document ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

Walt Disney World Resort is temporarily closed to humans, but Animal Kingdom staff have recently welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine and a baby zebra to the Florida theme park. Disney says ...

“I have been studying reptiles for a long time and examined hundreds or maybe thousands of specimens, but this was my very first” three-tailed lizard, he said via email. The three tails are ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...