Lizards possess a unique survival trick. They can detach their tails to escape predators. This process is called autotomy.

But according to the authors of this new study, published in the journal Development, we haven’t been able to track the formation of these temporary body parts in humans with any great detail ...

Back at the lab, they pulled the lizards’ tails with their fingers, coaxing them into acts of autotomy. They filmed the resulting process at 3,000 frames per second using a high-speed camera.

Lizards have the ability to break off their own tail when attacked by a ... New understanding of lizard tails could allow humans to regrow body parts By Ben Coxworth. August 21, 2014 Facebook; ...

Colour change on different body regions provides thermal and signalling advantages in bearded dragon lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B , June 2016 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0626 Cite This ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

When we think of lizards, most of us picture the tiny ones clinging to walls or disappearing behind furniture. They’re part ...