“Lizard skin is hydrophobic. Typically, that allows air to stick very tightly to the skin and permits this bubble to form.

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A species of semi-aquatic lizard creates bubbles to breathe underwater and avoid predators, with studies suggesting a vital ...

She first noticed this unique adaptation while walking along mountain streams in Costa Rica, observing the lizards dive and remain underwater for surprising lengths of time. According to her findings, ...

Often confused with the venomous coral snake, which advertises its toxicity through bright bands of color, the milk snake is ...

New research reveals that scuba-diving lizards, described as “the chicken ... of semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of Costa Rica—utilize this unique technique to avoid birds ...

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Reptiles are extraordinary creatures with diverse abilities. For example, tiny lizards in Costa Rica's rainforest have developed a way to "scuba-dive" by creating air bubbles on their foreheads to ...

In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do.

For one lizard species living in the tropical forests of Costa Rica, their unique escape ... experts previously weren’t sure if the lizards intentionally leveraged these bubbles, or if they ...

with the exception of semi-aquatic Anolis lizards, such as the water anole (Anolis aquaticus). This lizard, native to southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama, can stay underwater for at least ...