Recently published in the scholarly journal Zootaxa, "A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae)" defines 17 new species, elevates 17 subspecies and ...

In the wild, the most agile and speediest animals always steal the spotlight, but there are some slow-moving creatures that [ ...

"Our discovery from Tunisia, with an estimated skull length exceeding five centimeters, is the largest known worm lizard species," explains Georgalis. "All evidence indicates that the new species ...

“The Critically Endangered Sombrero ground lizard is an endemic species, which means it’s ... and severe hurricanes had all taken their toll. “That it’s managed to survive decades of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus ...

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown ...

Scuba-Diving' Lizards Use Bubble to Breathe Underwater and Avoid Predators Sep. 17, 2024 — A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and ...

LOS ANGELES – Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are ...

A tiny lizard found only on one tiny Caribbean island ... told Mongabay. “Too many island species have been lost already, and we really need to prevent extinctions whenever we can.” ...

These animals included basically all Cretaceous pterosaurs and the largest ... have now introduced a new species of pterosaur from the late Early Jurassic (some 178 million years ago) of Chubut ...