Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates with teeth adapted for eating plants.

A snake has no eyelids, so cannot blink. Its eyes are protected by a fixed type of scale that acts like a contact lens to keep out dust and prevent damage from scratching. Consequently, it sleeps with ...

Snakes are highly effective predators, using a wide range of tactics to capture their prey. While many modern snakes have ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

The rare slider skink is an elusive species of reptile, found only in Australia. It's only the second of its kind to be caught.

Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one venomous snake species, a slithering reptile in the undergrowth is big news ...

A Saturday post in which Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher 24/7’s reshared the video, filmed in the region a few years earlier at Stony Creek, quickly caught Facebook readers’ eyes with more than 71,000 ...

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...

Snakes are notorious for taking on prey twice their size – but this particular snake decided to take an unusual pick from the menu.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The convention lets reptile breeders and educators show off a wide variety of scaly cold-blooded creatures. Most of them for sale--along with pet reptile accessories. The convention lets reptile ...