Kinsey Brock is hunting lizards. In a desert garden at San Diego State University (SDSU), she carries a long stick with a string lasso at one end to try to snare one. Finally, she does. It’s a male.

Now, the results of their work suggest that limb loss is common among lizards—and that these “ three-legged pirates ” can run ...

The University of Texas at Arlington team will use her tissue to study her genome and, hopefully, prove once and for all that ...

Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 species that survived losing a limb, with some even seeming to ...