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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered a new "dragon lizard" species in Southeast ...

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is once again being saluted in the scientific community, with a new lizard species being named after the musician. Per ReptilesMagazine.com, researchers in Peru ...

A new scientific study from Temple University's College of Science and Technology (CST) has identified 35 new species of forest lizards, all from islands in the Caribbean. However, that same study has ...

Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur, one of the marine reptiles that patrolled Cretaceous seas alongside ...

Westeros just gained a tiny new dragon, although this one trades fire and aerial combat for cool mountain forests and a ...

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin, the team focused on the Formosan legless lizard, scientifically known as ...

This photo provided by the Los Angeles Zoo shows a perentie lizard hatching Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, as the zoo celebrates the successful hatching of two, healthy perentie lizards (Varanus giganteus).

The scientists were eating from at restaurant in Vietnam, when their curiosities were sparked as they wondered why all the lizards appeared to be female. The lizard species they found has now been ...