A male Acanthosaura grismeri, or Grismer’s pricklenape lizard. Photo from Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Do and Ngo (2025), shared by Thomas Ziegler Researchers scanning tree branches with flashlights ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown lizard species — Grismer’s pricklenape lizard — in a remote forest in Vietnam’s Dak Lak Province, after nighttime fieldwork and DNA analysis confirmed ...

A male Acanthosaura grismeri, or Grismer’s pricklenape lizard. Photo from Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Do and Ngo (2025), shared by Thomas Ziegler A species of lizard hiding in the forests of central ...

It’s a battle for resources in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in India. In this wild place, rhesus macaque monkeys and massive monitor lizards may come face to face in search of food. Who wins ...

New Asian grass lizard species discovered in Assam’s Manas Biosphere landscape, highlighting Northeast India’s rich reptile diversity.

Scientists in Vietnam found a “long”-legged creature with a row of “dagger-like” spines on its back and discovered a new species, a study said Photo from Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Do and Ngo (2025) ...

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 ...

In the older quarters of Singapore, fragments of forest persist like memories that refuse to fade. Within them live creatures that few residents ever see, and some that no longer exist there at all.

If you live in California, you’ve probably seen, or held, a western fence lizard. According to a leading dataset of animal and plant observations, the species is the most commonly spotted reptile in ...