The state is focusing on animals doing the most harm. Ones taken off the 'Dirty Dozen' list include chameleons and the Cuban ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

The "Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo" is a reference covering all 321 currently valid reptile species known in Borneo, ...

Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...

When one imagines snakes, the mind often wanders to sunny, lush places: jungles, deserts, tropical forests. But nature loves ...

A 2023 study by researchers at Auburn University revealed that free-ranging cats consume at least 2,084 different animal ...

The gender gap has hit the animal kingdom ...

A new species of small, venomous reptile, Microzemiotes sonselaensis, has been discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in northeastern Arizona. The findings, recently published in PeerJ Life ...

About 230 million years ago, almost 80 million years before the first bird appeared, their distantly related cousins, the pterosaurs took to the sky, as the first group of active fliers among the ...

As an epicenter of biodiversity, Vietnam hosts a wide array of reptile species. But new research shows that many species that occur nowhere else on the planet are poorly known and lacking protection.

Biological invasions are increasing globally and are a primary threat to native ecosystems. Declines in native biodiversity due to invaders, including ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of a crocodile-like reptile that lived around 250 million years ago. The new species belongs to an extinct group of animals known as ...