Our Pet of the Week is Shortcake, a Leopard Gecko, and she is just one of the many animals available at the Humane Society ...

The only armadillo native to the United States is the nine-banded. Armadillos are the only mammal other than humans to carry a specific strain of leprosy. The armadillo's closest animal relative is ...

Mumbai customs officials arrested a woman who came to the city from Bangkok on Friday for attempting to smuggle 13 wildlife species — from snakes and tortoises to lizards — into the city. There has ...

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. – A baby bearded dragon named Hans had a stressful 12 hours after being stolen from Lou’s Pet Shop in Grosse Pointe Woods on Tuesday, though he’s now safely back home. “He ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– National Lizard Day is celebrated on August 14, 2025, highlighting the incredible diversity of lizards and the importance of their conservation. Lizards, which diverged from ...

After weeks on the run, a 5-foot-long water monitor lizard that escaped its home has been caught and is headed to a new home. Goose, the illegally owned reptile, escaped its home in Webster on July 18 ...

WEBSTER, Mass. — A community in Massachusetts is on the lookout for Goose. But Goose is not a bird; it’s a water monitor lizard with an avian name. Goose, a 5-foot-long lizard, escaped his home in ...