A reptile caretaker enters the enclosure with chicken, expecting the monitor lizards to focus on their meal. Instead, the ...

The keeper lifts a massive monitor lizard and lets him settle across her shoulder like an oversized pet. Despite his claws, ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials recently seized 16 pounds of Bengal monitor lizard parts, 50 pounds of raw meat ...

On a humid morning in eastern Indonesia, the line between something ordinary and something prehistoric can feel uncomfortably thin. A large reptile moves across dry ground with an unhurried confidence ...

Talk about a lounge lizard. An Asian Water Monitor lizard — the second largest in the world — shocked an Arizona man when it took an uninvited swim in his backyard pool. “It almost sounded like a ...

Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) is a critically endangered species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species lacks an external ear opening and functional eardrum.© ...

If your social feeds haven’t introduced you to Big Al yet, get ready. A zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, just dropped what might be the most chaotic and delightful reptile content of the year — and ...

Invasive species, like the Burmese pythons and green iguanas, wreak havoc on Florida's ecosystems. But an invasive lizard is garnering extra attention and giving Floridians and their pets more to ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognized evolutionary lineage. The ...

Invasive Nile monitor lizards are carnivorous, can grow over six feet long, and are considered dangerous to humans and pets. Most of the over 2,000 sightings have occurred in South Florida, ...

Invasive, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are a dangerous problem in South Florida. These lizards can grow up to six-and-a-half feet long and pose a threat to small pets and native wildlife. Most ...