Biologists have long treated the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient inheritance, passed down and occasionally ...

DEHRADUN: Despite significant existential threats, a comprehensive survey across the Ganga river basin has revealed a ...

The soft-shelled reptile is likely a victim of the illegal pet trade, said an animal expert. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nature expresses itself most vividly through colour, and lizards are among one of its most striking artists. From electric ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

A bald eagle was shot on Thanksgiving and later taken to a Navarre wildlife sanctuary. The eagle died, but the sanctuary is ...

A “Love Island” project for lizards swaps human beings for lizards. A conservation project called “Love Island for Lizards,” has aided in rescuing and protecting the critically endangered Lesser ...

Listed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz ...

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...

When considering the fastest animals on Earth, size seems like it should matter. Yet the cheetah, weighing around 50 ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...