George Rau Jr. brought 10 Wall Lizards from Lake Garda, Italy, to Cincinnati in 1951, and 70 years later, the city has an ever-growing population Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

This is the horrifying moment a huge monitor lizard was found climbing through a family's bathroom. The shocked locals heard banging coming from the home before discovering the beast in the ...

The prolific reptiles have been embraced by residents of Cincinnati and dubbed ‘Lazarus lizards’, after the last name of the family who brought them here. They’re even considered a naturalized species ...

While a lot of research has focused on uncovering dinosaurs from this time, the many small reptiles that would have lived alongside them are often overlooked. Fossils of these species are often ...