In today’s fast-changing world, where species are constantly evolving and many are disappearing, it’s fascinating to learn ...

Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first ...

Reptile reproduction also depends on temperature. Only boas and pythons give birth to live young. The other species lay their eggs in a simple nest, and leave. The young hatch days to months later.

The United States is home to nearly 300 native reptile species, from tiny geckos to massive alligators, thriving in diverse habitats like the Sonoran Desert and Everglades wetlands. These cold-blooded ...

Protection by the state could prove critical as the Trump administration proposes new rules to weaken the federal Endangered ...

One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 percent of amphibians, 37 percent of sharks and rays, and 21 percent of ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Animals without a backbone are called invertebrates. Vertebrates and invertebrates can be sorted into smaller groups. Vertebrates, for example, are divided into mammals, birds, reptiles ...

Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in ...