What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

These non-native Peters’s Rock Agamas originate in Africa. They were introduced to Florida in the late 1970s through the pet trade. Ken Gioeli, an extension agent with the University of Florida’s ...

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — One of the iguanas from the Winking Lizard has found a new home in Port Clinton. Reggie, the 7-year-old green iguana, who previously lived at the Winking Lizard Taven in Peninsula ...

University of Alberta researchers have unearthed a mysterious link between bones of an ancient lizard found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo dragon, half a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn't been seen in ...

An invasive African lizard was discovered on the shelves of a Tennessee convenience store this week — hiding among the ramen noodles. How it got inside the Express Food Mart in Lawrenceburg is a ...

An exotic lizard was abandoned on the side of a Pennsylvania road earlier this month, but now he has a new home and a name. Oscar, the Savannah monitor, was reportedly found inside a trash can in ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a rare gecko species atop an isolated South African mountain, accessible only by helicopter, more than 30 years after it was last seen. The Blyde rondawels ...

The most important legal decision for lizards in 200,000,000 years has been handed down by a South African court. In Johannesburg Isaac Alter, owner of a curio shop, was haled before a court because ...

Krystal Tolley receives funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as “lost ...

What was this Nile monitor doing in a case of instant ramen noodles at a Tennessee store? The owner isn’t sure how it got there. Sanjay Patel photo An invasive African lizard was discovered on the ...