In England, the “sword dragon” is discovered, a new species of Jurassic ichthyosaur that reveals clues about marine evolution ...

National Reptile Awareness Day 2025 highlights how reptiles shape ecosystems; they show how nature balances under stress.

It's not often that you lose a species for over 60 years, but that's what happened to this little lizard that has been coming ...

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

“Charismatic megafauna” describes many people’s favorite animals: blue whales, giant pandas, elephants, penguins, and other large beasts of the natural world. Many of these animals are hunted to ...

The small predatory reptile lived among the largest apex predators. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of ancient crocodile-like reptile that once roamed the lands and waters of Brazil. The ...

Reptiles include a wide variety of cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrates, including snakes, lizards, turtles, iguanas, ...

Even the king cobra is "vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published ...

Over the last century, the reptile’s population in the Peach state has declined by 80%. A dwindling habitat means fewer pine ...

The Tokay gecko is a species native to Southeast Asia, where a large percentage of traded reptiles come from Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Live reptiles are easy to buy online.

Unless you've owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them "pee" crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of ...

Of the 10,196 species assessed, scientists found that at least 1,829 (21%) of species were threatened with extinction. "The potential loss of one-fifth of all reptile species reminds us how much of ...