Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

At first glance, most lizards do not appear especially powerful, but many species possess remarkable survival adaptations that can completely change the outcome of a predator encounter. Some can ...

A lizard with a prominent nose, lost for 150 years, has been rediscovered in Peru, raising concerns about its fragile natural habitat.

The findings strengthen the case that regeneration is an old trait, offering insights into how complex tissues rebuild themselves.

However absurd and horrifying it may sound, in the wild, some animals actually eat parts of their own bodies. Sometimes it’s a survival strategy to reclaim nutrients, sometimes it’s to fuel ...

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 snake has no eyelids, so cannot blink. Its eyes are protected by a fixed type of scale that acts like a contact lens to keep out dust and prevent damage from scratching. Consequently, it sleeps with ...

Lizards are famous for their strange ability to lose their own tails. This ability is called tail autotomy, a survival strategy in which a lizard voluntarily detaches its own tail. While this ...

Actress Jennifer Esposito was reduced to tears as she revealed that she was forced to move from the home she mortgaged to get her film “Fresh Kills” across the finish line. The 52-year-old revealed ...