Jul 24, 2024 by News Staff

Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) are the largest living predatory lizards and their serrated, curved and blade-shaped teeth make them valuable analogues...

Jul 30, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has mapped and analyzed the entire genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant monitor lizard. The...

Apr 3, 2018 by News Staff

According to a new study, Saniwa ensidens — an extinct monitor lizard that lived in what is now Wyoming 51-49 million years ago (Eocene epoch) —...

May 3, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has found and re-described a species of monitor lizard, Varanus douarrha, from the island of New Ireland in the Bismarck...

Sep 23, 2015 by News Staff

Australia’s early human inhabitants had to contend with giant killer lizards, according to a team of paleontologists from the University of Queensland,...