Why it's awesome: Earless monitor lizards are dragon-like reptiles that are so rare they're dubbed the "Holy Grail" of herpetology — the study of reptiles and amphibians. The species is the only known ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the earless monitor lizard as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act today following a 2022 petition from the Center for ...

The lizard from Borneo — prized by collectors — would gain federal protections, but some commercial trade could still be allowed. The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act ...

There’s something simultaneously menacing and goofy about the earless monitor. It looks like a plastic dinosaur bought from the Australian Museum store in the 90s, and yet those pale blue eyes are ...

TEXAS, USA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Texas lizard species once thought to be vanishingly scarce is now experiencing thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards ...

Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently ...

Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...