It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and is used in virtually every type of clothing, as well as in medical ... mimicking the hunting prowess of a ...

Of course monitor lizards, as the dragon’s family of animals is known, have survived many cycles of change. This particular species split off maybe five million years ago, but its genus goes back some ...

pressure-sealed plastic food containers and clothing boxes with ineffective locks, posing a risk they could have escaped. The ...

Throw out that store-bought superhero cape. These Halloween costume ideas will have you the talk of the town this 31st ...

Komodo dragons have sharp, curved teeth that can tear flesh. They also have a venom gland in their lower jaw that prevents blood from clotting ...

Reptile wranglers in Australia responded to a Queensland home to help out with an unusual problem -- a lizard on the roof.

WHAT: Fifty newly freed lizard hatchlings in Blanco County. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad or horned frog, is in trouble. The population of the ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

Cornwall, England’s craggy southwestern tip is laden with myth and legend: Mermaids are said to have lured villagers into the ...

Among those evacuees are penguins, lizards, turtles and other animals from the Florida Aquarium, which sits in downtown Tampa, that are being moved to safer ground ahead of Milton's landfall. The ...

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...