Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern California home probably weren’t sure what to expect. The officers found a young ornate Nile monitor had been ...

Deep within uranium mines, lizards were lurking around, attracting atomic waves and delivering intel on the Iranian government. Or at least that's the narrative Iranian military advisor Hassan ...

Before we leave our discussion of the joys of summer, tribute should be paid to that miracle of climatic adaptation, the Sonoran Desert Stick Lizard. The little stretch of desert where I live is ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

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