Around 100 volunteers gathered in Izmir’s Buca district to search fire-damaged forests for surviving animals, rescuing snakes ...

Animals have evolved remarkable and, at times, deadly defense mechanisms to survive in the wild. From sardines forming ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have tried a bold fix—move it. Three separate populations were shifted from the ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

Decades before Key West became an accidental haven for iguanas, the island was populated by another breed of lizard: engaging ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and ...

Two cats, three dogs, four turtles and a lizard were rescued from a large fire at a Cleveland apartment complex3. The fire ...

Rangers from the Joseph D. Grant County Park in Santa Clara County, California, have located a black-and-white Argentine tegu ...

Unlike many seed dispersers, lizards are not typically frugivores, animals that thrive on fruit and other fruit-like plant substances such as nuts and seeds.