The spiny-tailed lizard, which can grow to a length of about 2.2 feet (70 centimeters), ... Another recent study of nomadic people and oasis farmers in Oman, for instance, ...

Hatta, Dubai: A Jayakar’s Oman lizard peeped through a hole through the small rocks just by the wadi, its brownish-greyish-green scales glistening in the afternoon sun.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found.