The guthega skink only lives at high elevations and spends months hibernating under the snow ...

We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had ...

Hundreds of new species were discovered in 2025, with over 850 new marine species documented and many more described by ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are ...

Experts explain how invasive pythons and other reptiles in South Florida react to freezing temperatures - and why cold ...

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

Burmese pythons have reportedly found a way to adapt to cold snaps in Florida ...