Sometimes, the best way to avoid being eaten is to puzzle your predator. Few animals have come up with such a dramatic way of doing this as certain species of lizards, which can suddenly detach part ...

It's not really news that lizards can regrow tails -- but what is big news is for the first time in 250 million years, a lizard regrew a "perfect" tail with the help of stem cells, and USC researchers ...

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, ...

When predators attempt to strike at a moving lizard, the vivid stripes on its head and trunk redirect the predator’s attention to the reptile’s tail – the expendable part. The findings are published ...

Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...

Salamanders and lizards can both regrow their tails, but not to equal perfection. While a regenerated salamander tail closely mimics the original, bone and all, a lizard’s replacement is filled with ...