Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard's immune system to be stung by the ants, according to a new study. Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard's immune system to be stung by the ants, according to ...

Lizards that do or do not share space with invasive fire ants will react differently to this scenario. Tracy Langkilde and Travis Robbins, CC BY-ND An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a ...

Researchers at Penn State found that lizards have adapted new behaviors and features to ward off fire ant attacks. Most notably, when lizards eat fire ants, it provides a level of protection for them ...

“It seems the ants attacked the lizard. But why didn't the lizard run away? If the lizard had resisted, the ants wouldn't have even dared to attack.” The photo above recently gained significant ...

When my grandson Parker was 11 years old, he called me from a coastal island with exciting news. Problem was I took the call outside a restaurant with people jabbering and at a spot where I had a ...

Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard’s immune system to be stung by the ants, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The study comprehensively assessed how the immune system ...

Funding was provided in part by the National Science Foundation. Tracy Langkilde receives funding from The Pennsylvania State University. An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ...