Lizards are quite famous for their ability to voluntarily cut off and sacrifice their tail in order to escape with their lives. But for some types of lizards, that isn't the only thing they can shed.

Can a reptile compute? In one species of lizard, Timon lepidus, the colour and pattern of its scales evolve in a manner akin to a discrete rule-based computation called a cellular automaton. See ...

A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a naked lizard. Scientists have uncovered the link between the hair of mammals, the feathers of birds and the scales of reptiles. And ...

A feathered dinosaur with a parrot-like beak is helping shed new light on how reptile scales became bird feathers, according to scientists. Palaeontologists have now discovered the creature, often ...