Most people know that lizards can drop their tails. Fewer people know what actually happens after that or how far the biology goes. The tail keeps twitching on the ground, distracting the predator.

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...

Some lizards possess one of the most extraordinary survival abilities in the animal kingdom — the power to intentionally detach their own tail and later regrow it. After escaping a predator, ...