WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to finalize federal protections for blue tree monitor lizards. The protections would ban ...

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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used its Endangered Species Act emergency authority today to protect an Indonesian monitor lizard that is highly coveted in the pet trade. Today’s ...

The 3-foot-long lizard is often imported into the United States to be sold as pets. A missed Endangered Species Act deadline for Indonesia’s blue tree monitor lizard will cost the federal government ...