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

Monitor lizards are a large group of lizards that fall under the genus Varanus. There are many different types, and they vary widely in size and appearance. Monitor lizards are not native to the ...

Many people think a Komodo dragon and a monitor lizard are two totally different animals. The truth is more interesting than ...

Renee Aland had to do a double take when she spotted a 5-foot lizard along the side of the road. It wasn't an alligator, at least not with that long of a tongue. Aland spotted the monitor lizard, ...