Why it's awesome: Earless monitor lizards are dragon-like reptiles that are so rare they're dubbed the "Holy Grail" of herpetology — the study of reptiles and amphibians. The species is the only known ...

A rare lizard species thought to be extinct has been spotted in the Australian state of Victoria. The Victorian and Australian governments recently announced that the Victorian grassland earless ...

Melbourne zoo’s new breeding centre hopes to safeguard the future of the critically endangered Victorian grassland earless dragon ...

Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently ...

An illustration of the Victorian grassland earless dragon, which, until February, had not been seen in the wild since 1969. Public domain via Museums Victoria A tiny earless lizard thought to be ...

Scientists are worried a rare lizard will go extinct in the wild unless the government buys the only private property where it has been found. A new report raises concerns not only for the Victorian ...

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 ...

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Zoos Victoria wildlife detection dogs uncovered the ‘bloody gorgeous’ reptiles in return for treats and cuddles Wildlife detection dogs successfully sniffed out 13 critically endangered earless ...

In the natural world, visible ears are not the only path to perception. While there are some animals that do not have visible means of receiving auditory perception due to the absence of ears, others ...

An earless rabbit poised to be a German zoo’s star attraction was stepped on and killed by a cameraman covering the bunny’s first press conference. The tragedy Thursday in Limbach-Oberfrohna left the ...

Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basement NASA's Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant 'dragon scales' littered ...