The Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis), commonly called the green anole, is native to the United States and is the most common lizard found in Florida in both urban and rural areas. Some call it a ...

Residents who have lived in this area for more than 20 years can well remember when green anole (Anolis carolinensis) were numerous. They would run across porches and display their jewel colored fans ...

The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...

The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others: Q: I live in ...

Question: We saw one of those little green lizards sunning on a railing at the Aquarium. Its skin was falling off. Was it sick or something? Answer: It sure could have appeared that way, but chances ...

As a child growing up in South Dakota, I remember having a chameleon as a pet. I was fascinated how this little lizard was able to change colors depending on its surroundings. When I moved to Texas, I ...

Whenever I think about habitats where I might find lizards, the first places where I would begin my search would be on the ground and underneath rocks, leaf litter, and/or other surface debris.

We should all feel sympathy for the poor children of New England, who grow up deprived of the wonder of the green chameleon. I can only imagine what choking in the green heat of July would be like if ...

The new lizard is a big anole, with stubby limbs, a short tall, and green-grey and light brown scales that help it blend in among the moss-covered branches of the semi-dry tropical forest where it ...

“But Officer, I couldn’t have been going that fast … it would have scared Buddy and he would have turned green, but he’s still brown!” Ah, Buddy! He was an anole, but I called him a chameleon; a ...