It's not often that you lose a species for over 60 years, but that's what happened to this little lizard that has been coming ...

Reptiles include a wide variety of cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrates, including snakes, lizards, turtles, iguanas, ...

The iconic Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species at risk of extinction. A study in PLOS Biology publishing May 26 ...

National Reptile Awareness Day 2025 highlights how reptiles shape ecosystems; they show how nature balances under stress.

“Charismatic megafauna” describes many people’s favorite animals: blue whales, giant pandas, elephants, penguins, and other large beasts of the natural world. Many of these animals are hunted to ...

The marine reptile would have been about three metres long and would have eaten fish and squid, scientists say ...

The small predatory reptile lived among the largest apex predators. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of ancient crocodile-like reptile that once roamed the lands and waters of Brazil. The ...

Unless you've owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them "pee" crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of ...

Reptiles release solid crystals instead of liquid waste. This clever survival trick may lead to new treatments for gout and kidney stones.

Reptiles don’t just pee, they crystallize their waste. Researchers found that snakes and other reptiles form tiny uric acid ...

Of the 10,196 species assessed, scientists found that at least 1,829 (21%) of species were threatened with extinction. "The potential loss of one-fifth of all reptile species reminds us how much of ...