Since taking over animal control in Knox County in 2024, the Young-Williams Animal Center has reunited nearly 1,000 pets with ...

This tiny, spiny lizard has a shocking secret. Scientists have finally uncovered exactly how and why its bizarre strategy ...

"There is no pharmacy, no medicines, none of that,” say traditional Andean healers who have sacrificed the jararanko for medicinal use for generations. But scientists say it could do more harm than ...

When you see claws, teeth and stingers... you might think an animal is as dangerous as it looks! But sometimes looks can be ...

Meet the thorny devil, a dragon-like lizard with a false head that lives in the scrubland and deserts of Australia.

A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry and arid environments because of an innate ability to draw water from the sand ...

Seeing lizards on your porch this spring? There are several humane ways to keep them at bay by addressing their food sources ...

A new study in Florida has shown that sandy forest roads provide a useful corridor for lizards to move around.

Friday Update: Folsom police say the owner of the lizard has now been found and will soon be reunited with their pet. Folsom police say the large lizard was located in the area of School Street and ...

Nile monitor lizards, an invasive and dangerous species, are spreading across Florida. Here's where they are and what to do if you see one.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lizards, tarantulas, a prairie dog and a desert tortoise are among about 40 animals removed from a mid-Michigan home during a neglect investigation. Ingham County Animal Control ...

A local animal control agency is asking the public for help after a water monitor was reported to be on the loose in Webster, Massachusetts. The large lizard, which has been loose for two days, was ...