Perched on a sand dune in Iran, a camouflaged creature blended into the isolated landscape. But not well enough. Nearby scientists noticed the long-tailed animal — and discovered a new species.

It's not really news that lizards can regrow tails -- but what is big news is for the first time in 250 million years, a lizard regrew a "perfect" tail with the help of stem cells, and USC researchers ...

Scientists found a “long”-tailed animal digging burrows in Namibe Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Luis Ceríaco, shared by Mariana Marques On a farm in Angola, a ...

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calcutta, have designated a lizard, preserved in a jar of ethanol for over 150 years, as the original reference specimen for this long-tailed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock One long-tailed lizard is making an appearance after more than 50 years since its last sighting. The ...

SAN ANTONIO — It's hard to find someone in South Texas who has heard of the spot-tailed earless lizard, much less seen one in the wild. The lizard grows about as long as a dollar bill and has ...

Scientists found a camouflaged animal with a long tail on sand dunes near Boshruyeh and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Orlova, Rasegar-Pouyani, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh, Poyarkov, ...