North Carolina is home to three legless lizard species, often mistaken for snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes with ear openings, eyelids and more rigid bodies. Glass lizards eat insects and ...

Imagine if your favorite food could bite you back while you eat it. That’s what horned lizards face each time they scarf up harvester ants armed with powerful mandibles and a toxic sting. Luckily, ...

Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard’s immune system to be stung by the ants, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The study comprehensively assessed how the immune system ...