A giant lizard will soon take over a local park, along with a lost sock and a melting ice cream cone.

Crews rescued a large monitor lizard from a storm drain Tuesday in south St. Louis County.

The Australian thorny devil lizard uses its spiky skin to channel streams of moisture directly into its mouth.

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Animal Control officers in Burlington are searching for the owner of a mangrove monitor lizard that was found in a parking lot on Monday.

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Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...