New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

“This is one of the first times Ice Age effects have been found in a tropical species," says José Avila-Cervantes.

"Understanding how animals adapt to urban environments can help us focus our conservation efforts on the species that need it the most..."

An extinct reptile's oddly shaped chompers and bones suggest some creatures and plants bounced back quickly after a mass extinction.

New research clarifies the life of Trilophosuchus rackhami, a tiny crocodile that lived in Queensland about 13.5 million years ago.

Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.

New research finds that turtles in the wild age slowly and have long lifespans, and identifies several species that essentially don't age at all.

More than half of all crocodile species are a high priority for conservation according to the assessment.

A new study shows that when free-ranging cats are more than a few blocks from forested areas in cities, such as parks, they’re more likely to prey on rats than on native wildlife.