Once driven to the city's edges, Bangkok's giant monitor lizards are now thriving in parks and canals – and becoming an unexpected part of the visitor experience.

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Critically endangered monitor lizards which are rarely seen in the wild are now on public display for the first time at an Austrian zoo. These earless monitor lizards, which resemble miniature dragons ...

The past often hides clues about the present, especially when it comes to evolution. And sometimes, the most surprising discoveries don’t come from deep expeditions into the wild, but from the hidden ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the earless monitor lizard as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act today following a 2022 petition from the Center for ...

Beneath the scales of Australia’s iconic monitor lizards (commonly known as goannas), scientists have discovered an unexpected secret: a hidden layer of bony skin structures known as osteoderms.

A beautiful male rock monitor lizard, with a length of 1.55m and weight of 10.2kg, was removed from Van Riebeeck Street.