Desert habitats are some of the harshest places on Earth: little water, scorching heat, and food sources loaded with salt make survival a constant battle. For chuckwallas and other desert lizards, ...

Roads are generally blamed for habitat fragmentation and are seen as a dangerous barrier for wildlife, including reptiles.

How do reptiles of different sexes solve the same problem in different ways? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Binghamton University Week, Lindsey Swierk takes a closer look at anoles. Swierk is an ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After being closed for several weeks, the Albuquerque BioPark’s reptile building is back open, this time with a few new updates. Yurtle the turtle moved about his enclosure, ...

Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

Examine city-dwelling anoles with remarkable evolutionary changes. Puerto Rican Crested Anoles are a prime example of adaptation in action. In just a few decades, these city-dwelling lizards have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

There aren’t many scenarios in which getting a good look at a bunch of Komodo dragon teeth ends well. The massive lizard’s mouth holds 60 serrated teeth, each up to an inch long, that get replenished ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents ...