Crowds of two-legged Arkansans met some new four-legged and no-legged friends Saturday during the Show Me Reptile Show at the ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

Long snakes, small lizards and large-shelled tortoises were the stars of the weekend HERPS Exotic Reptile & Pet Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. The popular event, held March 1-2, attracted around ...

The origins of snakes have baffled scientists for decades. How did these limbless, slithering predators evolve from their distant lizard ancestors? A remarkable discovery on the Isle of Skye, Scotland ...

A lot of people are taught snakes are bad. But once you actually get hands on and learn everything about them then they kind ...

Some 240 million years ago, a storm rolled over the tropical edge of the supercontinent of Pangaea and battered the coastal islands. Rain lashed forests of horsetails and ferns, sweeping plants and ...

This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through evolutionary history.

Over Labor Day weekend, Repticon, a traveling reptile and exotic animal convention, made slimy, scaly and spiky return to the Valley with hog-nosed snakes, ball pythons, leopard geckos, tarantulas, ...

Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...

CONROE, Texas -- Several pythons and boa constrictors managed to survive a massive house fire, thanks to quick-acting firefighters who worked to get them out. The home, located in the River Plantation ...