One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, ...

The post Why the Komodo Dragon Is Nature's Ultimate Lizard appeared first on A-Z Animals. As the world's largest living lizards, Komodo dragons are some of the most fascinating and intimidating ...

Dragons seem like they belong in movies or storybooks, right? But some lizards in the real world could easily make you do a double-take. With spikes, frills, long tails, and fierce-looking faces, ...

Monitor lizards are highly intelligent reptiles that require regular care to stay healthy. In this video, an expert keeper ...

Scientists found a large “dragon”-like animal, able to change colors, in Myanmar and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lwin Moe Aung via Unsplash Along a hilly road in Myanmar was a ...

Two different studies published in GigaScience present the near-complete reference genomes of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), a widely distributed species of dragon lizard common in ...

Scientists have described a new species of lizard from the high mountain forests of western Thailand, and have given it a name straight out of fantasy television: Acanthosaura syrax, named after Syrax ...

Hunted for its tasty flesh, the brightly colored forest monitor lizard can grow to more than six feet (2 metres) in length but weighs only about 22 pounds (10 kg), said Rafe Brown of the University of ...

Komodo dragons are one of the relatively few species of lizards whose huge size seems almost impossible for this type of reptile. These animals can grow up to three meters in length, which makes them ...