A slender reptile slips beneath damp leaf litter in Taiwan’s mountain forests, rarely seen and often mistaken for a snake.

MOODUS, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s a special time in the school day for some Nathan Hale-Ray High School students in Moodus who get to learn how animals think and behave thanks to a behavior and training ...

A dominant “Hulk” lizard morph is wiping out other color variants, demonstrating how fast evolutionary balance can collapse.

India is home to a variety of interesting species of reptiles, but none are as exciting as the monitor lizards. These are strong reptiles that are some of the biggest lizards that exist in this ...

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin ...

In the scorching savannah regions of north-eastern Queensland, scientists have declared the discovery of three never-before-seen lizard species, with the highlight being the Orange-headed Rock Monitor ...

Some animals have been around for millions of years, surviving changes that wiped out countless other species. We explore a collection of these ancient creatures, from colorful frogs and powerful ...

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be ...

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

The latest clues hint at where pterosaurs — the first vertebrates to fly — came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

People living near a goldmine at Cadia, in central-west NSW, allege it is causing air, soil and water contamination. The community has launched a class action against the mine's owner, mining giant ...