A team of scientists found that Gila monsters could face unbearably harsh conditions in the Mojave Desert as the climate ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

After a challenging medical journey and months of expert care, a beloved longtime resident of the Houston Zoo has made a ...

Houston Zoo’s northern Caiman lizard Phillip, is back on exhibit after undergoing treatment for a rare medical diagnosis.

Phillip, a northern Caiman lizard, is back on exhibit after undergoing treatment for a rare case of jaw cancer, the zoo said.

The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North American coasts in the Cretaceous. Paleontologists have been on the trail ...

Conservationists are battling to secure the future of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of British habitats as climate change looms.

Australian biologists have bred and released genetically modified Guthega skinks — a type of small lizard — into an outdoor ...

There is no war between the sexes with the Colorado checkered whiptail. That’s because she’s always female. In dry canyons ...

A proposed change to the United States’ Endangered Species Act could threaten not only to reverse decades of progress but ...

The lizards have only been found around Mount Moco, the tallest mountain in Angola. Benito M, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P, ...