Lizards

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Surprise discovery of snake-like lizard feared extinct leaves scientists amazed
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers found three species of skink in Australia they feared could be extinct, including the Lyon's grassland striped skink.

Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of reptiles that looks like a mini dragon
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo.

Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpent
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago.

This psychedelic-eyed gecko isn't what we thought it was
By Harry Baker published
The bright-eyed reptiles were identified as a new species after a genetic analysis of other geckos revealed they were separate from another closely related species.

Ancient lizard with teeth like butcher knives 're-calibrates the whole shebang' of reptile evolution
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite.

Lizards: From tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragons
By Patrick Pester published
Lizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, including giant Komodo dragons and chameleons the size of your fingertip.

Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought
By Stephanie Pappas published
While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest.

One of world's rarest chameleons, once feared extinct, found in African rainforest
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists have found one of the world's rarest chameleons again after fearing the species was extinct due to shrinking forests.
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