Why it's awesome: Earless monitor lizards are dragon-like reptiles that are so rare they're dubbed the "Holy Grail" of herpetology — the study of reptiles and amphibians. The species is the only known ...

Invasive Nile monitors in Georgia have been labeled the largest and most dangerous lizards in the U.S. Where are they? How dangerous are they?

What do monitor lizards and the Stegosaurus have in common? According to a new study, they both have osteoderms. New research published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society revealed for ...

Archie, the monitor lizard liberated from the side of a freeway on Wednesday, was reunited with his owner, the Phoenix Herpetological Society, which conducted the rescue, said Thursday. The Arizona ...

July 21 (UPI) --Animal control officers in Massachusetts are on the hunt for a water monitor lizard on the loose in Webster. Webster Animal Control said in a Facebook post on Friday that the monitor ...

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) – Two reptile experts worked together to wrangle a monitor lizard from a storm drain on the side of a Phoenix freeway Wednesday morning. The large lizard was seen on the side ...

A couple of scaly guests made an unexpected appearance at a Formula One practice session in Singapore on Friday, much to the bemusement of drivers and onlookers. In videos posted to the official ...

STEWART: A VIDEO-GONE-VIRAL OF A LARGE LIZARD SCALING A WINDOW SCREEN IN APOPKA HAS PUT SOME NEIGHBORS ON EDGE. MICHELLE: AND FOR GOOD REASON. IT IS LARGE. WESH 2’S AMANDA DUKES SOUGHT OUT THE EXPERTS ...