Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...

Anole lizards can achieve a rare 2-tailed structure under specific physiological conditions. The blastema creates a distinct structural risk during the regeneration window. A partial injury often ...

Lizards are remarkable creatures, admired for their agility, vibrant colours, and unique defence strategies. One of their most fascinating abilities is autotomy, the self-amputation of the tail to ...

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, ...

Lizards possess a remarkable survival strategy where their tails detach and continue to wriggle, distracting predators and allowing the lizard to escape. This ability, controlled by nerves within the ...

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 ...

Salamanders and lizards can both regrow their tails, but not to equal perfection. While a regenerated salamander tail closely mimics the original, bone and all, a lizard’s replacement is filled with ...

It wiggled violently in my hand. I was seven years old and accidentally pulled off the tail of my first pet lizard. I ran into the kitchen where my mother was chopping vegetables. In a calm voice she ...