Long before dinosaurs became dominant, Earth was ruled by an unsettling cast of reptiles that reshaped life after the ...

Snakes have two penises (aka hemipenes) that come in a diverse array of shapes and sizes. And they could owe it all to their ...

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ...

Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

It does not look dramatic at first glance. Just a rounded fossil pulled from dry ground in central India, one more object ...

A tiny reed snake, Calamaria mizoramensis, has been discovered in Mizoram, India. Hidden for years, this nocturnal species ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

Ancient England snake fossil Paradoxophidion helps explain how modern snakes evolved during warm humid Eocene period.

An extinct snake is finally getting its moment in the spotlight, more than 40 years after its fossils were first found.Scientists have now identified ...

Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in ...