How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A ...

Invasive Nile monitors in Georgia have been labeled the largest and most dangerous lizards in the U.S. Where are they? How ...

Goannas are Australian monitor lizards that wander into schools and urban spaces, drawn by food smells and warmth. There are ...

"They're not there," he said. "It seems like the species is now extinct." Yarrow's spiny lizards may be extinct in the Mule Mountains of Arizona after living there for 3 million years. / Credit: ...

TEXAS, USA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Texas lizard species once thought to be vanishingly scarce is now experiencing thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards ...

Scientists found an eight-eyed animal with ǃúhook-shapedǃù genitalia in a cave of Guizhou province and discovered a new species, a study said. (Dreamstime/TNS) In Vietnam’s “driest and hottest” ...

Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are native to Australia and ...

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is once again being saluted in the scientific community, with a new lizard species being named after the musician. Per ReptilesMagazine.com, researchers in Peru ...

Encountering a lizard indoors can be startling, but these common house geckos are harmless, primarily feeding on insects.

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

While not venomous, their bite can cause serious infections and they are potentially dangerous to people and pets. This ...