One of the hottest classes of drugs in the world owes part of its origin story to a weird desert lizard with a venomous bite ...

Jurassic lizard footprints found in Spain provide rare trackways and insight into reptile motion 152 million years ago.

Those same animals, the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), have now effectively vanished from the state’s uplands, ...

Many lizards appear small and defenseless, but several species have evolved unusual abilities that help them survive encounters with predators. In this video, we explore some of the most surprising ...

In the scorching savannah regions of north-eastern Queensland, scientists have declared the discovery of three never-before-seen lizard species, with .

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

They think our dog was stolen, because they claim that he'd never leave us. I'm now convinced that he left because he didn't ...

If you care about Florida's native turtles, nesting birds, and wild spaces, this story will hit close to home. Nile monitor lizards - powerful, fast-moving carnivores that can grow up to 7 feet long - ...

The largest lizards in the United States call Tucson, Ariz., home. Gila monsters can grow to about two feet long and weigh up ...

T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is considered the most impressive reptile of our time. But the more researchers study ...

Scientists discovered fossilized reptile skin in a cave, revealing the oldest known example, dating back nearly 300 million ...