Scientists believe this process started with small genetic mutations ... some modern lizards—like slowworms and glass lizards—have evolved to lose their legs independently, developing snake ...

In both trips, they conducted the research by walking transects through two small islands in Turks ... during the actual hurricane, lizards with larger back legs would have likely been blown ...

revealed that Tetrapodophis had fully developed fore and hind legs. These limbs were small but fully functional, similar to ...

In a reptilian version of "Survivor," lizards with longer legs ultimately get booted from ... University studied brown anole populations on 12 small islands in the Bahamas. They introduced a ...

These sound like small changes, but natural selection ... the average length of the lizards’ hind legs was 6 percent shorter than before—the opposite pattern from their front legs.

Like human beings, each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws ... it in future research trips, along with a small dot of white nail polish so we know not to catch it ...

This small change is enough to make their front ... might be able to run faster or more economically on two legs. Bipedal lizards tend to have longer hind-limbs which gives them a longer stride ...

Many still sport vestigial limbs or flaps where their legs once were ... Dr Wong has studied the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella), a small, slender legless lizard with — you ...

The northern alligator lizard has a flat, wedge-shaped head. The body is about as wide as its head, and its legs are small and thin. One notable trait is the distinct lateral fold that runs along ...

Some, like the Jesus Christ lizard (Basilicus basilicus), can even run on two legs across short stretches ... “I thought the lizard tracks were just small animal tracks of little importance ...