Many people think a Komodo dragon and a monitor lizard are two totally different animals. The truth is more interesting than that. A Komodo dragon is actually a type of monitor lizard, but it is the ...

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On a humid morning in eastern Indonesia, the line between something ordinary and something prehistoric can feel uncomfortably ...

In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, when he witnessed an unusual scene: a fishing cat jumped on an adult monitor ...

Reptile Adventure Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, just introduced its most impressive resident yet — and the reptile community is buzzing. The facility recently announced the arrival of Big Al, a ...