LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — Police in California announced two arrests and the return of a pair of unique lizards that were stolen from a reptile shop last year. The Long Beach Police Department said ...

A Southern California man has been sentenced to 65 months in federal prison after authorities uncovered a years-long operation that smuggled thousands of live reptiles into the United States from ...

A cold-blooded crime was solved after California police found two exotic lizards that had been stolen from a reptile store last year, authorities said. Two Australian lace monitors -- reptiles that ...

California is home to a surprising number of non-native reptiles that have established populations far outside their natural habitats. These species primarily arrived through the pet trade, accidental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences ...

A Southern California man who previously pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles into the United States from ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Department of Fish and Wildlife today recommended that the Temblor legless lizard move toward protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The action came in ...

A California man has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for running a massive smuggling ring that illegally moved more than 1,700 reptiles across the El Paso border.

A Southern California man is accused of smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles — including baby crocodiles and Mexican beaded lizards — into the U.S. since 2016, authorities said Thursday. Jose Manuel ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service determined the Temblor legless lizard is not eligible to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. A skinny legless lizard that lives on a 90-mile strip of habitat in ...

Southern California’s alligator lizards eat the arachnids with abandon, and seem to have evolved immunity to their toxins. The western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) may spin a disorderly ...