Amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded animals. Amphibians live in water and on land. Reptiles primarily live on land. Amphibians have moist skin and lay eggs in water. Reptiles have scales and lay ...

Largest analysis to date on the state of the world’s reptiles warns of threat to ecosystems as more than 1,800 species fight to survive More than a fifth of all reptile species are threatened with ...

An asteroid impact led to the K-Pg mass extinction, eliminating non-avian dinosaurs and marking the end of the Age of ...

Reptiles get a bad rap. As symbols of evil or villainy in Western culture, they are often linked to sin and betrayal, an association that dates all the way back to the origins of Judeochristian ...

Climate change is shaping the way animals evolve, be it the way they look or behave. Similarly, climate warming that occurred millions of years ago helped reptiles evolve faster, diversify, and ...

For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...

You have likely been to a zoo at some point and visited their reptile house. A building where the climate control dial is stuck on the "wet sauna" setting, and filled with maniacal children competing ...

One in five reptiles is threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of more than 10,000 species across the world. Scientists are calling for urgent conservation action ...