You have probably seen hundreds of them in your life, the unassuming Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). During summer months, they can be seen scampering about in our gardens, skittering ...

Fence lizards sun themselves on the wooden walkway to the house. I know there’s more than one because I saw two meet this morning. It was bizarre. I was walking out the front door, when I startled one ...

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 ...