"Going to be biting other species." Scientist issues warning about dangerous species spreading through Florida: 'They'll just go wherever you take them' first appeared on The Cool Down.

From penguins to bonobos, queer behaviors in wildlife are natural and diverse. Learn how animals challenge human taboos and ...

A new reptile genetics testing company, Phenome, is working on fully mapping out the genomes of a number of reptile species for the first time. The company first made its debut this year at the North ...

What lizard is known as the Spiderman lizard and can scale vertical walls? It's the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama that lives ...

Lizards have been evolving for over 200 million years, and the results are as wild as they are deadly. From venomous monitor lizards to color-changing chameleons, this tier list ranks which species ...

Fossil evidence confirms that a gigantic reptile, similar to the modern Komodo Dragon, lived four million years ago near ...

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

Scientists in India discover a small lizard covered in spines, revealing a unique new species of gecko - Hemidactylus ...

More than a dozen types of pythons and over 30 other snakes, including a ghost Aztec jungle boa, were found packed in the ...

A new species of mountain lizard, Diploderma bifluviale, has been discovered in the upper Dadu River Valley of China. Its ...

Among the creepy crawlers the Mexican national was attempting to smuggle were pythons, bearded dragons, geckos and tarantulas ...

There were a whopping 28 different species of snakes, nine types of lizards, three bug and frog variants, and a single ...