Reptiles get a bad rap. As symbols of evil or villainy in Western culture, they are often linked to sin and betrayal, an ...

Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching impressive sizes which have earned them a fearsome reputation ...

Actor James Ransone, who starred in 'The Wire,' dies from an apparent suicide at 46 Watch this boy's emotional reaction when his stepdad asks to adopt him Winter weather warning as 40 inches of snow ...

A non-for-profit organisation dedicated to reptile and amphibian education is giving children the opportunity to attend free Christmas holiday clubs. The Reptile Academy, in Wimborne, Dorset, offers a ...

The young critters — a Morelet’s crocodile from Central America and a smooth-front caiman native to the Amazon rainforest — ...

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.

A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...

The Show Me Reptiles Show started in Missouri but organizes educational reptile events across the country. The exposition has ...

The fossil record is crucial for understanding the origins and diversification of amphibians and reptiles. New discoveries ...

Wildfires rage, yet many snakes slither on. Here’s how ancient survival tricks may be helping reptiles outlast climate-driven ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

Scientists map how climate-driven extreme heat and human land use together push almost 8,000 vertebrate species toward extinction.