Prick your finger and you’ll see a spurt of scarlet. Puncture a member of the Prasinohaema, a genus of skinks, and you’ll get a flow of green blood instead. Because the compound that gives the blood ...

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Scientists are trying to figure out how green-blooded lizards might benefit from the unusual pigment. The answer could provide new insights into... Why Do Some Lizards Have Green Blood? Why Do Some ...

Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea. Prasinohaema are green-blooded skinks, or a type of lizard. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For some lizards it's easy being green. It's in their blood. Six species of lizards in New Guinea bleed lime green thanks to evolution gone weird. It's unusual, but there are ...

In 1969, biologists discovered three lizards from New Guinea whose innards were green: bones, muscles, blood and all. Even their eggs seemed green. Today, scientists are exploring the unlikely the ...

Kermit the Frog used to sing that it wasn't easy being green, but that isn't the case for some real-life lizards. They apparently find being green so easy that even their blood is green. A study ...