Closely related to the Gila monster is the lesser-known Mexican beaded ... its North American cousins, the Komodo dragon needs no introduction. As the world’s largest living lizard—growing up to 10 ...

Researchers uncover a new tegu species from a fossil vertebra in Florida, revealing ancient lizards once roamed North America ...

Tegus, once thought to be newcomers, actually roamed ancient Georgia during a global warm spell millions of years ago — a ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, was selected by the papal conclave ... refugees and the poor. An American pope: WATCH: Video shows Robert Prevost introduced as Pope Leo XIV at Vatican ...

Francis, history’s first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent Prevost to take over a complicated diocese in Peru ...

During the 17th and 18th centuries, Native American prisoners—primarily captured in colonial wars in New England and the Southeastern colonies—were transported to Jamaica as slaves. Though numerically ...