Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Arizona, spotting a lizard is as common as finding sunscreen in your glovebox. These scaly little sunbathers love soaking up ...

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"They do have very sharp teeth, and very sharp claws, so they can and will defend themselves." ...

He Heard a Splash in His Pool — Then Saw One of the World’s Largest Lizards ...

A genetically distinct population of Yarrow's spiny lizard in Arizona's Mule Mountains is facing local extinction due to climate change. Conservationists have petitioned to list the lizard as a ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — His name is Archie, and he went on a little walkabout. Archie's adventure lasted about two weeks, ending up — safely — in a media spectacle on the Loop 101 in north Phoenix ...

Not your average commuter! Troopers & @ArizonaDOT responded to calls about a large monitor lizard walking along EB Loop 101 in Phoenix this morning. They kept an eye on it until @PhoenixHerp arrived ...

Studying a lizard species in Arizona mountains, researchers found 70 years' worth of climate-related extinction occurred in only seven years. Climate change is causing extinctions at an increasing ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the Endangered ...

PHOENIX – Leapin’ lizards! A large reptile was seen crawling along a north Phoenix freeway during rush hour Wednesday morning. ABC15 posted Arizona Department of Transportation traffic camera footage ...

Pima County will spend $284,000 to save horned lizards and other critters from an untimely and premature squishing at a west-side construction site. Work is starting on a project to stabilize the ...