We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life ...

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

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A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

Hyderabad: If you think monitor lizards are a delicacy only in Southeast Asian countries, you are mistaken. Just pay a visit ...

The ocean, blanketing over 70% of the Earth’s surface, is estimated to be home to more than half of all life on our planet.

Reptile species found only on islands are significantly more vulnerable to extinction than their mainland counterparts, yet ...

"It's one of those things where all newts are salamanders, but all salamanders aren't newts," Nick Burgmeier, a research ...

Since Governor Greg Abbott launched his campaign for re-election, he's been highlighting policies that could have ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most ...

The Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, popularly known as Birsa Zoo, on Thursday welcomed a host of new animals including wild dogs (dhole), black swans, grey pelicans, monitor lizards, Alexandrine ...

New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity.