Along the sandy banks of northern India's Chambal River, crocodile-like gharials glide silently through the water—but if a ...

Scientists are realizing that turtles, lizards and crocodilians communicate vocally more than they once thought ...

Reptiles have long been considered to be dim-witted and cold-blooded (in more ways than one), but research is beginning to find that they possess an impressive collection of cognitive abilities. For ...

After wanting a crested gecko for a long time, Hannah visits a Florida reptile expo and ends up bringing home two. She and ...

A simple bet over whether they own more or fewer than 100 lizards turns into a complete speed tour of the collection. From ...

Welcome back to Planet Tyrus: Tyrus Zoo Edition! This week, Tyrus joins Rhett of Rhett’s Exotic Pets to get an up-close look ...

A new species of day gecko, Cnemaspis godagedarai, has been described in Sri Lanka, bringing the island’s number of endemic geckos in the genus Cnemaspis to 25. The new gecko, named after a national ...

Scientists are discovering new species in all corners of the world—and in some cases, they’re stumbling upon old species in places they were previously thought to be extinct. One of the latest ...

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Why do humans rely on XY chromosomes to determine sex, while birds use ZW—and many reptiles use neither, letting temperature ...

Reptiles are exceedingly popular as pets, trade is booming. Between 2004 and 2014, official imports to the EU came to just under 21 million live specimens, more than six million of these ended up on ...