Lizards are those chill, scaly buddies that dart across rocks, climb walls, or just lounge in the sun. They comprise over ...

Why it's awesome: Earless monitor lizards are dragon-like reptiles that are so rare they're dubbed the "Holy Grail" of herpetology — the study of reptiles and amphibians. The species is the only known ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and ...

Komodo dragons and monitor lizards belong to the same reptile family but differ in many different ways. Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards which are famous for their impressive size and ...

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

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake 240 million-year-old 'warrior' crocodile ancestor from Pangaea had plated armor — and it looked just like ...