Green anoles are known by many names, but they are especially recognized for their ability to change color from green to brown and back again, although they are not true chameleons. They are ...

The Carolina anole is actually the only type of lizard that is capable of changing color, from bright green to various shades of brown.

Two male green anoles fight over a female on a metal fence post. Male anoles are extremely territorial.

Male anoles will often display a red dewlap on their necks when they are feeling “tough” or when they want to attract a female. When the dewlap appears the anole will bob up and down.

This is a native Green Anole male displaying his pink dewlap. Female Green Anoles often have a white stripe down their back, but no other pattern.

Both male Green Anoles and Brown Anoles have dewlaps, which are large throat fans they use to communicate with each other. The dewlap is used for attracting females during mating season ...

Male anoles have a flap of pink and white skin on their throats, called a dewlap, which they display during courtship or when another male enters their territory. They accent the display with a ...

The green anole is being displaced by its faster, fiercer relative, the brown anole.

When brown anoles invaded their island, green anoles were driven to new heights -- and they got new feet to match.

The green anole genome was sequenced and assembled (AnoCar 2.0) using DNA from a female A. carolinensis lizard (Supplementary Tables 1–4).

In just 15 years—or 20 lizard generations—green anoles living on islands off Florida's eastern coast have evolved a way to survive with aggressive invaders from Cuba, the brown anoles. Brown ...