Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

A world of increased heat from climate change means that “entire generations of sexually reproducing reptiles will be dramatically skewed male or female.” This skews the entire balance of species.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a rare new lizard species with no front arms and only back limbs, revealing how ...

Reptile eggs are an interesting area of study, but what makes the distinction between snakes and lizards regarding their eggs ...

Names such as Gila monster and Komodo dragon, conjure up images of creatures more suited to realms of science fiction. Yet these mini-dinosaurs are very real, with many of the approximate 6,000 ...

An accumulation of scientific research suggests that there’s a lot more to the social lives of lizards, snakes and related creatures. By Hannah Thomasy Ned and Sunny stretch out together on the warm ...

Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost.