A female fence lizard sports blue markings, a male trait that makes her less appealing to potential mates. Langkilde Lab, Penn State University For female fence lizards, it's just not easy being blue.

HANCOCK COUNTY — Hanging around our parks (or your house) may be a few lizards; here in Indiana, we are home to at least six. We have the six-lined racerunner, five-lined skink, broadhead skink, ...

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 ...

In a past column, I featured two of our uncommon lizards native to Indiana that have very limited ranges in our state. These are the western slender glass lizard, also known as the ophisaur, and the ...

Physical traits and behaviors that make a lizard sexy--features used to attract potential mates and fend off competitors--may be important enough that they do not change in the face of stress. A new ...