Lawsuit calls for ban as households keep rare lizard as pet: 'Before it causes an extinction'

"It's gut-wrenching that federal officials have already recognized the immense danger ... but are now leaving them in limbo." ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Blue Tree Monitor Lizards From U.S. Pet Trade

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to finalize federal protections for blue tree monitor lizards. The protections would ban ...
Los Angeles Times

Rare tree frog, monitor lizard, rodent and others added to ever-growing endangered list

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A rare tree frog found only in central Panama could soon croak its last, ...
CU Boulder News & Events

A lizard, a petrified log and a dinosaur

An ornate tree lizard basks beside a 74-million-year-old fossilized log in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Photo by Jeff Mitton. Every once in a while, an experience reminds us that great gulfs of ...
Tsuki on MSN

This lizard bit its owner, and he died 4 days later

Lizards are found all over the world, from dense jungles to arid deserts, and most are harmless creatures that prefer to ...