DEAR JOAN: From time to time, we have found a Western fence lizard in our garage, but the one we found in late fall last year was very lethargic. Over the weeks, he would be found in various locations ...

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 ...

In 1958, when Genevieve McElroy was 11, her family was visiting friends in Southern California when her father noticed a blue-belly (a.k.a. Western fence) lizard in their backyard. Challenged to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...