Pet adoptions surged during the pandemic. But the cost of caring for a pet has risen in recent years, as private-equity firms ...

Meet Rah! He’s a Nile monitor lizard at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo in Monroe. Zookeeper Garrett Cole says they are found along the Nile River and most of Africa. He says they are Africa’s ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with “slender” fingers near a temple in India and discovered a new species, study said. Photo from A. Sayyed via Sayyed, Das, Amarasinghe, Bhattacharjee and ...

The Wichita Falls Exotic Animal Expo at Sikes Senter Mall featured hands-on learning opportunities for families to meet and learn about rare and exotic animals, including ball pythons and Eclectus ...

DOVER, Delaware (AP) — Several flesh-eating pet lizards were found feasting on the corpse of their owner in his apartment, police said. Police were called to Ronald Huff's apartment in Newark ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WSNN) — IguanaLand is home to over 250 reptile species, making it the largest reptile zoo in the world.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge ...

The giant moa has been extinct for 900 years, but Maori researchers working Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Peter Jackson ...

A close-up of a green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) perched on tropical leaves. Photo by Hilary Halliwell, via Pexels Often referred to as the American chameleon due to its ability to change ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

These stocky, large-bodied lizards from Australia and Indonesia are known for their distinctive bright blue tongues, which they display when threatened. While lacking the specialized toe pads of true ...

DEAR PET TALK: I am fascinated with reptiles — how complicated is their care? What is the best habitat for a lizard? —Lonely for Lizards DEAR LONELY FOR LIZARDS: I have saved this question for ...