Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

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Scroll through social media, and you’re bound to spot an “exotic pet,” an animal companion that isn’t a farm animal or a ...

The tidal mudflats at South Walney provide a feeding ground for various marine species like fiddler crabs, common shore crabs, starfish and mussels. Common frogs, toads, and lizards can sometimes be ...

A paleontological discovery has been made in central and eastern Oregon, offering new insights into prehistoric times.

The Lazarus lizard was smuggled into Cincinnati from Italy more than 70 years ago. A team of student researchers at Ohio ...

He may only weigh 3 ounces, but this little lizard just helped make veterinary history.Veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

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George Rau Jr. brought 10 Wall Lizards from Lake Garda, Italy, to Cincinnati in 1951, and now the species has evolved and grown in population across the city.

Monitor lizards are found across much of Africa and Asia and include giants like the Komodo dragon. But what do monitor ...