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, ...

The monitor lizard is not a single species but an entire genus and is one of nature’s most successful reptilian lineages ...

When animal control pulled a giant Asian monitor lizard from a suburban St. Louis storm drain, they had more questions than ...

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Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognized evolutionary lineage. The ...