Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost.

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient feature that some lineages inherited and others later lost.

"Recovery will take time, patience and a lot of support, but Frankie is showing us just how strong she can be," a Facebook ...

Police went to the vacant home and saw the massive lizard climbing on the blinds.

A huge pet lizard was found left behind in a recently vacated home, Alameda police said. The initial call said the animal was ...

New Englanders were expecting to shovel their driveways after last weekend’s massive winter storm crawled across the region ...

Some 100,000 of these small dives are hidden in plain sight across Japan. Now, travellers are finally discovering these ...

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

Cane toads secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

The rock monitor lizard found at a home in Van Riebeeck Street. A beautiful male rock monitor lizard, with a length of 1.55m and weight of 10.2kg, was removed from Van Riebeeck Street yesterday ...

A self-styled godman has been arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly selling monitor lizard genitalia online, claiming the protected wildlife parts had “magical powers” to fix relationship problems, ...

Wildlife officials say a large exotic lizard was found buried in the snow in Rhode Island. A man spotted the cold-blooded reptile from his driveway and quickly brought it inside on Tuesday. He ...