A lizard native to southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin was afforded the highest level of federal protections aimed at preventing its extinction, triggering concerns that landowners and industries in ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard in West Texas Flickr/Mark Watson In 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) made the controversial decision not to list the dunes sagebrush lizard, a three-inch ...

The colorful, venomous and mysterious Gila monster flourishes in the scorching Desert Southwest, but climate change threatens ...

The escaped water monitor that captivated a Massachusetts town will soon have a new habitat at a reptile sanctuary after ...

Agreements between landowners in the Permian Basin region and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could prevent the dunes sagebrush lizard from being listed for federal protection under the Endangered ...

Environmentalists sued the federal government in hopes of garnering stronger protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard – an animal reportedly threatened by ongoing oil and gas development in ...

A lizard species native to southeast New Mexico was the subject of a lawsuit filed last week against the federal government which the plaintiffs contended failed to protect the animal from extinction.

Colorful reptile protected by fire, study shows. Aug. 25, 2011 — -- Alan Templeton was a 13-year-old Boy Scout when he saw his first collared lizard in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. He returned ...

This is a Dunes Sagebrush lizard. The Trump administration wants to put greater weight on the economic benefits of development when deciding if land or water should be protected for imperiled species.