Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

Who am I? I am a desert spiny lizard, otherwise known as Sceloporus magister. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so behold this: We can be as small as 3 1/4 inches or more than 5 inches long. We're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "They're not there," he said. "It seems like the species is now extinct." Yarrow's spiny lizards may be extinct in the Mule ...

Spiny lizards in the New Mexico desert regulated their temperatures better when shade was dispersed in several small clusters compared to one large clump. The study says models that predict species ...

PHOENIX — The winner of the 18th annual wildlife photo contest for Arizona Game and Fish Department was chosen out of more than 800 entries. Randi Najac’s photo of a desert spiny lizard was awarded ...

A genetically distinct population of Yarrow's spiny lizard in Arizona's Mule Mountains is facing local extinction due to climate change. Conservationists have petitioned to list the lizard as a ...