I ran across this article and embedded video, and had to share it here: Leaping lizards! Tiny reptiles advancing robot design “The brilliant acrobatics of leaping lizards could inspire the creation of an army of nimble robots able to swarm through collapsed buildings or mines to find survivors, UC Berkeley researchers say…”

Brilliant sound dub on this, by the way. Apparently it’s from one of the Alien movies.

Trust me, this is relevant to the website — just keep watching…

Interesting article from BBC Nature describes an Anole which has demonstrated actual problem solving skills. “The results, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, suggest that reptiles are more intelligent than previously thought.” Ah, but we already knew lizards are awesome. Read the full article here: Lizard has Problem-Solving Skills By Victoria Gill

Cold-Blooded Cannibals: Extreme Adaptations to Island Life from Day's Edge Productions on Vimeo. Filmed, written, and edited by Nathan Dappen & Joris van Alphen; narrated by John Astbury — illustrates the amazing adaptations of these remarkable reptiles. Produced by Days Edge Productions (daysedgeproductions.com) & Joris van Alphen photography (jorisvanalphen.com).

Or at least he plays one in this movie… (screen capture from The Daily) A movie starring Johnny Depp … about a lizard. I’m so totally there. This is going to be fun.

My friend Delilah down in Texas has lizards all over her yard, and she sent me these pictures back in May 2010. Yeah. And here I am about 8 months later FINALLY getting around to posting them. I wonder if the anole (above) thinks its blending in with the green of the wire mesh? Below [...]

Photo by Lee Grismer I happened upon this over at National Geographic.  This previously undescribed lizard was “discovered” in a Vietnamese restaurant … on the menu. The first thing I thought was, if this lizard’s temperament would make it a candidate for a pet, it would be easy to breed them — especially considering they’re [...]

It’s like a bluebelly on steroids