A large shipment from Tinley Park opens to reveal an impressive variety of reptiles, including reticulated pythons, colorful ...

Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognized evolutionary lineage. The ...

Beneath the scales of Australia's iconic monitor lizards (commonly known as goannas), scientists have discovered an unexpected secret: a hidden layer of bony skin structures known as osteoderms. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monitor lizards are often drawn to the water, where they search for food, cool off or find shelter. In places like Bangkok, these ...

In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, when he witnessed an unusual scene: a fishing cat jumped on an adult monitor ...

A keeper takes several tame black monitor lizards for a walk through the zoo, but their social behaviour quickly becomes ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the earless monitor lizard as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act today following a 2022 petition from the Center for ...