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![An illustration of lystrosaurs with short-tailed, lizard-like bodies, tusks, and beaks. The Triassic animals are standing near a waterway in front of some mountains and ominous clouds.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cVKgarvDZERRErt98kjM9G-320-80.jpg)
Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought
By Stephanie Pappas published
While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest.
![A photo of a Chapman’s pygmy chameleon, one of the world’s rarest chameleons.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ynAg6n5przzAbjAdLnGZoD-320-80.jpg)
One of world's rarest chameleons, once feared extinct, found in African rainforest
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists have found one of the world's rarest chameleons again after fearing the species was extinct due to shrinking forests.
![Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist's reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rcQfssz5ybnu54CYdgnNk-320-80.jpg)
'Strange beast' in amber is a very weird lizard
By Mindy Weisberger published
A tiny amber-locked skull that looks like a bird's is actually a lizard's, new fossil evidence shows.
![Close-up of a West Usambara two-horned chameleon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f2Si6zsm25ptmLBcQTExr-320-80.jpg)
Man tried to smuggle chameleons in socks and empty ice-cream tubs
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The man will pay a fine of up to 6,000 euros, authorities said.
![The web-footed gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) from the Namib desert fluoresces neon-green along its flank and around the eye under strong UV light.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2w9Y45oSw6R7VWsNQHQMwT-320-80.jpg)
Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover
By Mindy Weisberger published
Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow.
![When the female Voeltzkow's chameleon gets stressed, she displays a pattern of red dots and a streak of purple against a background of black and white.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4XYEcn2Qum29UEWDjocBhk-320-80.jpg)
'Lost' chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it's spectacular.
By Stephanie Pappas published
More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back.
![Recorded specimen of Algyroides nigropunctatus with trifurcated tail.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UGuyoiWTQRXYZB3M53B4CA-320-80.jpg)
Lizards with multiple tails are more common than anyone knew
By Mindy Weisberger published
When some lizards lose a tail they grow back more than one, and multi-tailed lizards are more common than once thought.
![CT scans revealed a dense mass distending the lizard's abdomen.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zphZpJ8rdiggLwfBcd3haa-320-80.jpg)
Florida lizard breaks world poop record, dies constipated
By Mindy Weisberger published
A curly-tailed lizard's belly was stretched by a mass of unpassed poo.
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