A diminutive 225 million year old reptile unearthed in Brazil gave rise to the biggest creatures that ever flew, according to new research. The lizard-like species measured just 15 inches from nose to tail. It is a 'missing link' in the evolution of pterosaurs - that reached the size of…
Iguanas extinct from a Galapagos island for generations have been reborn nearly two centuries after they were first recorded by Charles Darwin. The Galapagos land iguana had been completely wiped out on Santiago Island. https://youtu.be/ohlUgufWlTM Parque Nacional Galapagos/Newsflash Listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN)…
A new species of lizard that was classified as endangered almost as soon as it was found has been discovered in the Inca city of Machu Picchu and has been given the name after the popular Transformer character Optimus Prime. The new lizard species, discovered in the 15th-Century city of…
German police have ‘arrested’ a frightened little chameleon after a greengrocer found it hiding among his cauliflowers. The colourful chap was found in the village of Bilsen in the northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein at around 10.30am on 30th December. The local police said in a statement that the Old…
A Malaysian baker has gone viral with these “creepy” birthday cakes featuring realistic cockroaches and lizards crawling around. The cake maker, known as ‘The Slice Ipoh Homebaker’ on social media, is based in the city of Ipoh in the Malaysian state of Perak. The baker offers clients “specially-designed cakes made…
This is the moment a tour guide films the first white penguin ever to be spotted in the Galapagos Islands. The rare penguin was filmed by guide Jimmy Patino at the Punta Vicente Roca site located on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands while he was giving a tour to…
A Bengal tiger, a lizard, firearms and drugs have been found in an property said to belong to the notorious Michoacan cartel, along with custom made T-shirts bearing the cartel's name. The seizure of the animals together with the narcotics and guns happened in the municipality of Tlachapa, in the…
This is the moment a nervous driver tries repeatedly to remove a can stuck on the head of a monitor lizard after he spotted it in the middle of a road. The bizarre scene was filmed by an onlooker in Malaysia and in the clip the large lizard can be…
The world's smallest lizard which had been considered extinct has now been seen in a tropical Colombian forest for the first time in seven years thanks to a project sponsored by the Zoological Society of London. A group of researchers found specimens of Lepidoblepharis miyatai gecko, the smallest lizard on…
This enormous lizard has been dubbed "Godzilla" after a shocked man found it trying to climb over his gate and into his home. Long Cherng Yee photographed the monitor lizard crawling up the gate of his home in the state of Johor in southern peninsular Malaysia. Local stray dogs were…