Fossil evidence confirms that a gigantic reptile, similar to the modern Komodo Dragon, lived four million years ago near ...

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

Ali Dalal, 4, fills an empty tarantula crib at the Reptile Room in Manchester on Oct. 9, 2025. Dalal’s parents are co-owners ...

Conservation efforts aim to bring the endangered Karner blue butterfly back to its former glory in Indiana Dunes National Park. ©Alexandra Lande/Shutterstock.com One of the animals that defines ...

Alina and Muhammad Dalal opened The Reptile Room in Manchester with education in mind, hoping to inform tarantula and reptile ...

Reptiles can’t actively regulate their body temperatures. This makes them less able to adjust to changing temperatures.

Learn how river turtles act as nature’s cleanup crew, spreading nutrients and keeping ecosystems balanced and full of life.

Tables filled with snakes, lizards and other cold-blooded creatures lined the field at the Highland Sports Complex during the ...

It's not often that you lose a species for over 60 years, but that's what happened to this little lizard that has been coming ...

Reptiles don’t just pee, they crystallize their waste. Researchers found that snakes and other reptiles form tiny uric acid ...

In a new paper in Science, experts from the University of Chicago describe steps that took place some 66 million years ago to ...

For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an ...