Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost.

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

(KRON) — A giant lizard was found abandoned inside an empty Alameda residence. According to the Alameda Police Department, officers responded to a call reporting a “Komodo dragon” inside a home. “That ...

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern California home probably weren’t sure what to expect. The officers found a young ornate Nile monitor had been ...

The news never seemed to stop in 2025, and usually, it focused on humans. But many of the newsmakers walked on four legs, not two. This year saw headlines about a massive escaped lizard that roamed ...

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Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is the most efficient way to nab the lizard, says Mike Kimmel, who goes by Python Cowboy.

Selling bottles of Merlot wasn’t in Daryl’s job description, but he did it admirably. Even people who didn’t particularly like Merlot would buy a bottle at Mesa Park Vineyards just because Daryl’s ...