lizard

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It’s not exactly a chicken and dinosaur-egg question, but which came first, the mammal or the giant lizard?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Frigid temperatures in the largely subtropical state can "cold-stun" iguanas, causing them to fall off trees in what has been referred to as a "lizard blizzard."

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Hidden behind each protruding eye are two long, spiraled optic nerves -- a configuration not documented in any other lizard species.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Need I mention that a gecko is a cold-blooded lizard?

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

It was unclear who exactly had been cursed, the lizard or the French, but a permanent-seeming curse it turned out to be, to the dismay of both reptile and country.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness