It is easy to assume that an egg found outdoors belongs to a bird. Most people do. Eggs feel familiar, almost ordinary, until ...

Identifying snake and lizard eggs can be tricky. Experts look at size, shape, and color. Snake eggs are usually larger and ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...

A harmless snake emerging this spring is earning a zombie reputation across America, using dramatic death acting, strange ...

Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

Five previously unknown tree-dwelling snake species, including one named in honor of Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, were found ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

It’s that time of year when snakes begin emerging, like the eastern hognose snake, who has an incredible zombie defense ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life ...

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...