Are Cincinnati's lizards getting bigger? National Geographic highlighted the city's unusual lizard population, noting they're "getting larger." ...

While they may seem like just another quirky part of the city’s urban wildlife, these lizards have an unusual origin story that began more than 70 years ago—and they’re now growing larger ...

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

George Rau Jr. brought 10 Wall Lizards from Lake Garda, Italy, to Cincinnati in 1951, and 70 years later, the city has an ever-growing population Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

The Lazarus lizard was smuggled into Cincinnati from Italy more than 70 years ago. A team of student researchers at Ohio ...

The lizards have also adapted to urban life, with some evolving larger sizes and longer limbs, possibly to escape house cats, their primary urban predators. This research has been funded by a four ...

The Temblor legless lizard is also threatened by urban and industrial development, invasive grasses and non-native wild pigs, as well as rising temperatures and drier conditions caused by climate ...

Bangkok’s iconic monitor lizard now stars as a giant foam statue in Lumphini Park, drawing selfie-loving tourists and locals.

The app's 3.5 million global users post photos of fauna and flora from anywhere fauna and flora are found — urban parks, suburban backyards, mountaintops. No one has recorded more fence lizards ...

However, with decades in Cincinnati, it is believed that the Lazarus lizards may be evolving to navigate the more urban environment, Eric Gangloff, a biology professor at Ohio Wesleyan University ...