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 ...
On a humid morning in eastern Indonesia, the line between something ordinary and something prehistoric can feel uncomfortably ...
PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) – Two reptile experts worked together to wrangle a monitor lizard from a storm drain on the side of a Phoenix freeway Wednesday morning. The large lizard was seen on the side ...
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 ...
A popular Reddit post of a video posted in mid-August 2022 claimed to show two monitor lizards "hugging." Though we want to believe these two lizards found comfort in each other's arms, our job is to ...
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Cat meets monitor lizard warning

A tense wildlife interaction as a curious cat is warned off by a monitor lizard.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Authorities responded to a strange situation on a Phoenix freeway Wednesday morning. Around 6:45 a.m., a large lizard could be seen on the side of the Loop 101 at Cave Creek Road.