Discover how the elusive Gila monster survives in harsh deserts and why protecting its habitat is becoming increasingly ...

On the Indonesian island of Komodo, the world’s largest lizard competes in incredible fights to earn mating rights ...

A beaded lizard turns a calm handling moment into a tense close call when it suddenly lunges toward the camera and keeps the handler alert. The reptile’s rough, bead-like skin makes it look unusual up ...

A bite from a gila monster will really mess with your metabolism. Fortunately these lizards, found in the deserts of the south-west US, are large and lumbering and most humans can easily outpace them.

A new species of small, venomous reptile, Microzemiotes sonselaensis, has been discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in northeastern Arizona. The findings, recently published in PeerJ, shed ...

With its sharp claws, scaly skin and venomous bite, Guatemala’s “Sleeping Child” lizard has earned itself few human friends. One of them, forest ranger Juan Alvarado, has spent the last 17 years of ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, an enormous lizard roamed ancient Australia, and if it's anything like its descendants, we're ...

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