Side-blotched lizard hatchling in the Baldwin Hills. Stevie Kennedy-Gold/NHMLA. When I was a roving California correspondent, one of the stories on my list that I rue never getting to was the autumn ...

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted reptile in ...

As the spring sun begins to warm the winter earth, expect to hear occasional rustles of awakening fence lizards among the dry, crinkled leaves and grasses. Sluggish at first, but soon heated on ...

Hatched ‘Blue Bellies’ are nature’s French fries, a favorite snack for birds and predators. This time of year, it is nearly impossible to walk on any of our region’s sunny trails without catching a ...

Berkeley — The Western fence lizard's reputation for helping to reduce the threat of Lyme disease is in jeopardy. A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found that ...

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...