The basilisk lizard looks vulnerable beside the snakes, predatory birds and fish that hunt it, but reaching the water doesn't ...

Along the streams and rivers of Central America lives a lizard that appears to break one of the basic rules of physics. When a predator lunges, the basilisk lizard does not dive into the water or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the dense and humid lowland forests and rivers of ...