Australia’s grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie finger when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction.

(Byron Wusstig/Los Angeles Zoo via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie ...

While the hatchlings aren’t on display at the zoo, you can find the father in the Australia section — next to the Komodo dragon habitat. The lizards are pretty self-sufficient right out of the ...