Bearded dragon babies that are genetically male but have the physical and reproductive traits of females have hatched in a lab in Australia. Personality-wise, these sex-reversed lizards show ...

Native to the arid landscapes of Australia, the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is a fascinating species. It has genetic sex determination, but when incubated at high temperatures, genetic ...

When things get hot, embryonic bearded dragon lizards turn female — and now scientists might know why. New analyses, reported online June 14 in Science Advances, reveal that temperature-induced ...

According to a new a study, when it comes to parenting among bearded dragon lizards, it’s dads who make the best moms. That sentence may seem a bit confusing, but bearded dragon lizards are can change ...

Some genetically male Australian bearded dragons are growing up as fully functional females in the wild — the first reptiles confirmed to reverse sex under natural conditions. Earlier research had ...

In arid parts of central Australia, temperature plays a big part in determining whether central bearded dragon embryos emerge from their eggs as male or female. While the sex of mammals and birds is ...

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Bearded dragon embryos can use two different sets of genes to become a female lizard -- one activated by the sex chromosomes and the other activated by high temperatures during development, ...

Trust science on this: Guys are generally not eager to mate with a high-testosterone bearded lady. But what goes on with other animals that share “male” ornamentation? Do the females pay a heavy price ...