Lizards have amazing regeneration abilities. When in danger, they may purposefully lose their tail, only for it to regrow ...

TEMPE, Ariz. - Just because a lizard can grow back its tail, doesn't mean it will be exactly the same. A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Arizona State University and the University of ...

Lizards that lose and regrow their tails can go overboard and grow back more than one tail — and sometimes they sprout as many as six. Those haywire multiple tails appear a lot more often than you ...

Lizard tail regeneration represents a remarkable example of epimorphic regeneration in amniote vertebrates, offering insights into tissue repair processes that contrast sharply with the scarring ...

Lizards are some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal world. Fast, colourful, and surprisingly clever, they have a range of survival skills that often go unnoticed. One of the most ...

Lizards are famous for losing their tails, but perhaps the bigger question should be: How do their tails stay on? The answer may lie in the appendage’s internal design. A structure of prongs, ...

Cornered by a dangerous predator, a gecko can self-amputate its still twitching tail, creating a fleeting moment of distraction - a chance for the lizard to flee with its life. Small reptiles such as ...

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches, Vol. 86, No. 6 (November/December 2013), pp. 611-630 (20 pages) AbstractThe ability to shed an appendage occurs in both ...