A slender reptile slips beneath damp leaf litter in Taiwan’s mountain forests, rarely seen and often mistaken for a snake.

The Gila monster is one of the few venomous lizards on Earth. It lives mostly underground, eats only occasionally, and ...

A new study in Florida has shown that sandy forest roads provide a useful corridor for lizards to move around.

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin, the team focused on the Formosan legless lizard, scientifically known as ...

Meet the thorny devil, a dragon-like lizard with a false head that lives in the scrubland and deserts of Australia.

"There is no pharmacy, no medicines, none of that,” say traditional Andean healers who have sacrificed the jararanko for medicinal use for generations. But scientists say it could do more harm than ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents involving the animal.

The whole town of Webster is on the hunt after a giant pet lizard ran loose from its home. Meet Goose: A five-foot-long water monitor who is on the loose in his Webster Neighborhood. Oliva Williams, a ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lizards, tarantulas, a prairie dog and a desert tortoise are among about 40 animals removed from a mid-Michigan home during a neglect investigation. Ingham County Animal Control ...

Friday Update: Folsom police say the owner of the lizard has now been found and will soon be reunited with their pet. Folsom police say the large lizard was located in the area of School Street and ...

A local animal control agency is asking the public for help after a water monitor was reported to be on the loose in Webster, Massachusetts. The large lizard, which has been loose for two days, was ...