New gecko species discovered in Venezuela's Paria Peninsula exhibits unique anatomical features, highlighting the area's ...

Researchers found the right side of the 50-million-year-old amphisbaenian’s upper jaw and the left side of its lower jaw, ...

When you're in need of a break from Madagascar's parks and forests, head to the quaint island of Nosy Sakatia. This tropical oasis – which measures just 1 square mile – boasts an array of orchids but ...

The tiny lizards are among several species of geckos found in Venezuela. They were first discovered in 2002 scurrying along the lush forest floor of the Paria Peninsula in the northeast of the country ...

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of ...

New fossils provide the missing links between smaller, earlier flying reptiles and the later massive pterosaurs. Initial ...

“It's one that's close to my heart,” Welch said. That because it’s one of the first trees he planted, from a seed, at Parc ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.

A new species of lizard has been discovered in mountains and ranges in the Central Australian desert. The Liopholis aputja is deeply genetically divergent from its most closely related lizard ...

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Some ecologists call Madagascar the "8th continent"—90% of its plants and animals can be found only on the island and nowhere else in the world. That's why so many divers come to Madagascar and ...

The Gila monster (pronounced "HEE-luh") is one of nature’s most intriguing yet misunderstood reptiles. This lizard inhabits the arid landscapes of the southwestern United States and northern ...