John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

Snake wranglers safely relocated the healthy, female western diamondback from a backyard in Scottsdale, but they say the find is a first in their experience ...

Leo Carrillo State Park offers not only 1.5 miles of beach but also a stunning hike that is the perfect way to start a day of ...

A wildlife ranger heard “rustling” in the bushes and spotted the odd pair of animals attacking each other, officials said.

Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock.com Although snakes aren’t known to specialize in killing any primates, they occasionally catch monkeys. This is shocking, considering that monkeys are smart and can run ...

Oklahoma is often thought of as an ecological melting pot, where forests, prairies, and wetlands meet to provide habitat for ...

Monitor lizards raced to catch a fish in front of amused crowds at a park in Bangkok, Thailand. Footage shows the first ...

A seven-foot monitor lizard was found eating a newborn baby on Wednesday (May 14) in a horrific discovery in a major city in ...

It eats copperheads, the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle. Its population ...

The seven-foot beast sparked alarm when it was seen scampering around the grassy wasteland with the infant's remains in its ...

Tegus, once thought to be newcomers, actually roamed ancient Georgia during a global warm spell millions of years ago — a ...

Then I'd come back and say: Is it a lizard? Is it a snake? In the back of my mind for years and years ... prompted a visit from the museum's paleontologists. There was just one catch: The mine was ...