SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (KGTV) - A monitor lizard that calls a Spring Valley pet store home is missing after apparently slithering out of his cage over the weekend. Bubbles, a six-year-old ...

The side-splotched lizard (*Uta stansburiana*) is a common reptile found in California, United States. During spring, the ...

This is not a film for men who feel intimidated by women. Sufferers of gynophobia (the irrational fear of the fair sex) will find it scares them out of their wits. The main female protagonist of ...

Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

Editor’s note: Kathleen Scavone is a local freelance writer, outdoor enthusiast, potter and amateur archaeologist who will be contributing her nature studies to the Register. “Nature is an infinite ...

Living as we do here in the southern Blue Ridge province, we're situated smack dab in the middle of a region internationally renowned for its diverse salamander populations. Several of the species are ...

In last week’s column we considered the land snail, one of the slowest critters in our Southern Appalachia fauna. This week we’ll take a look at one of the fastest, the fence lizard, which is also one ...