Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

WASHINGTON— In response to petitions from the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Florida scrub lizard and lesser Virgin Islands ...

Most of us have seen lizards — we just don’t see them very frequently. It’s not that we never see them. On the contrary, you have probably seen a lizard on occasion scurrying across the foundation of ...

The prehensile tailed skink from the highlands of New Papua New Guinea has green blood due to high concentrations of the green bile pigment biliverdin. The green bile pigment in the blood overwhelms ...

The five-lined skink, the only lizard native to Vermont, was recently spotted in a rare sighting by The Nature Conservancy in Vermont team. Seeing a lizard on the trail might not seem too exciting to ...

When you choose a lizard for a pet, you’re in it for the long haul. How long do lizards live? We’ll get to the specifics ahead, but know that many lizards live for a very long time. Your own pet’s ...

For most of the animal kingdom, babies are born in one of two ways: their parent either lays eggs or gives birth to live offspring. Recently, a three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) pulled off an ...

Kermit the Frog used to sing that it wasn't easy being green, but that isn't the case for some real-life lizards. They apparently find being green so easy that even their blood is green. A study ...