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 ...

A rare lizard species thought to be extinct has been spotted in the Australian state of Victoria. The Victorian and Australian governments recently announced that the Victorian grassland earless ...

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 ...

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 ...

An illustration of the Victorian grassland earless dragon, which, until February, had not been seen in the wild since 1969. Public domain via Museums Victoria A tiny earless lizard thought to be ...

Lanthanotus borneensis or the Earless Monitor Lizard had long remained virtually unknown to the outside world due to its subterranean habits and limited distribution in north-western Borneo. Unknown, ...

Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake Colugo: The 'flying lemur' that doesn't fly and isn't a lemur Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with ...