A slender reptile slips beneath damp leaf litter in Taiwan’s mountain forests, rarely seen and often mistaken for a snake.

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents ...

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

A dominant “Hulk” lizard morph is wiping out other color variants, demonstrating how fast evolutionary balance can collapse.

These days, when scientists announce they've discovered a new species of animal, it's usually some miniature frog or deep sea ...

Lizards are often misunderstood creatures, but their behaviors and adaptations are nothing short of extraordinary. What do lizards do to be so noteworthy? Prepare to be amazed. Lizards’ bodies are ...

Roads are generally blamed for habitat fragmentation and are seen as a dangerous barrier for wildlife, including reptiles.

Despite its intimidating name, Moloch horridus, better known as the thorny devil, is actually a small desert lizard found in ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown lizard species — Grismer’s pricklenape lizard — in a remote forest in Vietnam’s Dak Lak Province, after nighttime fieldwork and DNA analysis confirmed ...

A male Acanthosaura grismeri, or Grismer’s pricklenape lizard. Photo from Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Do and Ngo (2025), shared by Thomas Ziegler Researchers scanning tree branches with flashlights ...