The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky waters of the Amazon basin, it hunts well despite having very poor vision. When a fish swims ...

“Charismatic megafauna” describes many people’s favorite animals: blue whales, giant pandas, elephants, penguins, and other large beasts of the natural world. Many of these animals are hunted to ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and insects were seen as simple creatures that reacted purely on instinct. But ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged ...

Tyler takes viewers through an extraordinary shipment of venomous reptiles valued at $125,000, revealing some of the unusual ...

Hundreds of people filled the Morgantown Event Center Saturday eager to check out some snakes, crocodiles, tarantulas, lizards, turtles and frogs. The venue hosted the Northwestern Berks Reptile Show, ...

Alligators and mountain road trips sound like two completely different vacation plans. Yet somehow, they meet in one of the ...

In Australia in May 2026, Yang Zeng, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was unlawfully in the country, was sentenced to two ...

A new scientific paper has shed light on the serious animal welfare problems and pandemic potential of reptile ‘expos’ – more commonly known in the UK as ‘reptile markets’, ‘reptile fairs’, ‘reptile ...

"...the perceptions’ of reptiles that underestimates them as being unintelligent and basic in their animal welfare needs, can mean that they suffer considerably in ...