Many people think a Komodo dragon and a monitor lizard are two totally different animals. The truth is more interesting than ...

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...

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 ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and ...

Varanid lizards, or monitor lizards, exhibit a striking diversity of spatial behaviours across Africa, Asia and Australasia. Spatial ecology in this group examines how individuals and populations use ...

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 ...

If your social feeds haven’t introduced you to Big Al yet, get ready. A zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, just dropped what might be the most chaotic and delightful reptile content of the year — and ...