Police got quite the shock after getting a call reporting a “Komodo dragon” living inside a Bay Area home. Officers from the ...

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon.

The lizard is now at the East Bay Vivarium reptile shop, police said. Alameda is about 10 miles east of San Francisco. Ornate ...

Forget something? A young Ornate Nile Monitor supposedly left behind by the former tenants climbs blinds in an Alameda residence. It is now at the East ...

A recently vacated Alameda rental came with a jaw-dropping surprise: a large lizard, roughly seven feet long, left behind ...

A giant lizard was found abandoned inside an empty Alameda residence. According to the Alameda Police Department, officers ...

Here at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, you’re practically guaranteed to see them. Descending toward this ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

Woo! Science looks back on a year of science reptiles, including the return of astronauts way too long in space, a ruckus of ...

A four-foot escaped lizard, a newborn baby giraffe, feline politicians and a cloned dog were some of the animal stars of 2025 ...

If you haven’t heard of a goanna before, think VERY LARGE LIZARD. It’s a general name for several varieties of monitor lizard that live in Australia. And like so many, shall we say, “startling” ...

What do Nile monitor lizards look like? Nile monitors are olive green to black in color and have cream-colored or yellow stripes on the jaw and head. They have rows of yellowish, V-shaped stripes ...