"Lizard skin is hydrophobic. Typically, that allows air to stick very tightly to the skin and permits this bubble to form," ...

Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger. For one lizard species living in the tropical forests of Costa ...

The assistant research professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University studies Anolis aquaticus, the lizard best ...

Not only are the lizards able to stay underwater for an extended period of time, they do so by creating air bubbles on their snouts that they “rebreathe,” Swierk said in a study published Sept. 18 in ...

Scientists compared one group of water anoles underwater abilities to another group whose bubble-making capacity was blocked ...

Is it something that lizards do that is just a side effect of their skin’s properties or a respiratory reflex, or is this ...

A particular type of semi-aquatic lizard has something truly unique to show us about the art of survival with air bubbles ...

New research reveals that scuba-diving lizards, described as "the chicken nuggets of the forest," use a bubble to breathe ...

What's scaly, striped and breathes underwater like a scuba diver? Water anoles! These lizards can form a bubble over their ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators, ...

A semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole produces a special bubble atop its head to breathe underwater and avoid predators ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Photo by Lindsey Swierk ...