Buford the Gila monster at Caldwell Zoo plays a surprising role in medical research, with the venom contributing to diabetes ...

For some animals, living in the big city makes socializing a lot easier. Take the common wall lizard, for example; these reptiles don't always see eye-to-eye with members of their own species in their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lizards that ...

After years of scouring the forest floor and climbing trees to search the dense canopy of the Northern Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, scientists have finally found what they were looking for: an ...

One of our most commonly sighted local lizards is also one of the speediest and most maneuverable. This lizard is the six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata). The first part of its common name ...

ATLANTA — A rare and venomous species of lizard hatched at Zoo Atlanta. The Guatemalan beaded lizards were then transported to Guatemala as part of a conservation effort, zoo officials announced ...

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...