If you’ve seen what appears to be some type of exotic lizard in Indiana recently, don’t be concerned that you’re hallucinating. Instead, you can report it to the Indiana Department of Natural ...

Scientists have long thought that a lizard losing a leg should be a death sentence. New evidence seems to overturn this assumption, showing that some lizards can not only survive, but even thrive ...

On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist crept barefoot across dunes in the Namib Desert in southern Africa. With his pants slung over one arm and his flashlight sweeping the sand, the ...

Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist ...

I recently woke up in the middle of the night to my 11-year-old son screaming from the bathroom. Upon entering, I found him in the bathtub, trapped because there was a giant gecko on the door.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated at 6:25 p.m. on Aug. 4 to clarify the type of citation the owner will face. On Aug. 2, Capt. Scott Amati of the Massachusetts Environmental Police spent his ...

Goose, the 5-foot water monitor that spent two weeks on the run, was captured about two miles from the home where he was kept without the required permit. Officials Monday, Aug. 4 detailed the ...

BRAINERD — Ectothermic Nirvana in downtown Brainerd is not like most pet stores. Instead of featuring furry and fuzzy animals, the store specializes in smooth, scaled creatures of countless colors and ...

This is the shocking moment terrified locals attempted to catch a huge monitor lizard hiding under a car. Kanchana Sophasit and his friends discovered the reptile resting beneath the white Toyota ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn't been seen in ...