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Lizards: From tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragons
By Patrick Pester published
Lizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, including giant Komodo dragons and chameleons the size of your fingertip.

Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought
By Stephanie Pappas published
While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest.

One of world's rarest chameleons, once feared extinct, found in African rainforest
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists have found one of the world's rarest chameleons again after fearing the species was extinct due to shrinking forests.

'Strange beast' in amber is a very weird lizard
By Mindy Weisberger published
A tiny amber-locked skull that looks like a bird's is actually a lizard's, new fossil evidence shows.

Man tried to smuggle chameleons in socks and empty ice-cream tubs
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The man will pay a fine of up to 6,000 euros, authorities said.

Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover
By Mindy Weisberger published
Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow.

'Lost' chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it's spectacular.
By Stephanie Pappas published
More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back.

Lizards with multiple tails are more common than anyone knew
By Mindy Weisberger published
When some lizards lose a tail they grow back more than one, and multi-tailed lizards are more common than once thought.
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