What can pull off an orange head and indigo blue body ... and is probably living in your neighborhood? Say hello to the Peter's rock agamas, also known as the red-headed agamas. They're yet another ...

A Nile monitor, an African lizard that can grow big enough to eat a cat, has been spotted in a Plantation neighborhood. The city issued a warning Thursday, saying residents of the Tara Park ...

He's mean. He's breeding. He might eat your cat. And he loooves Tampa Bay. The black-and-white tegu isn't from around these parts; he's a South American lizard (about four feet long) introduced to our ...

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An exciting new species of lizard, Diploderma bifluviale, has been discovered in the upper Dadu River valley of Sichuan, ...

Discovery of Bolg amondol, a name inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, reveals the complex evolutionary history of giant Gila Monster relatives “I opened this jar of bones labeled ...

Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol, depicted raiding an oviraptorosaur dinosaur nest amidst the lush Kaiparowits Formation habitat. For 20 years, the remains of a giant lizard that lived ...

ORANGE PARK, Florida (WTLV) -- Ever heard of an Argentine tegu lizard? No? Neither had Bradley Arington, who was taking the trash out over the weekend and then heard some sort of hissing behind him.

KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials have finally captured a large invasive Asian water monitor that had been running loose in the Florida Keys for more than a year. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...