New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon. When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor -- a ...

This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...

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ALAMEDA, Calif. - Former tenants left a massive lizard, called an ornate Niles monitor, behind in their home, Alameda police announced on Monday. Police dispatchers were called about it, and they, in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

Like many residents of warm climates, the brown lizards scurrying around New Orleans have a worse temper in extreme heat. According to a new study from Tulane researchers, these invasive brown anoles ...

Out-of-state visitors may not know what they’re looking at, but fans of Texas Christian University (TCU) get fired up when SuperFrog runs onto the football field. Human-size and gray, with pointy ...

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We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had ...