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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Varanid lizards, or monitor lizards, exhibit a striking diversity of spatial behaviours across Africa, Asia and Australasia. Spatial ecology in this group examines how individuals and populations use ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used its Endangered Species Act emergency authority today to protect an Indonesian monitor lizard that is highly coveted in the pet trade. Today’s ...

Monitor Lizard at Equator Reptiles Park in Mogotio, Baringo County on March 4,2025. They keep two species of monitor Lizards White Throat Monitor Lizards and Nile Monitor Lizards. [Kipsang Joseph, ...