This video shows the complex yet fascinating molting of a tarantula. Specifically, it captures a Brachypelma boehmei. Also ...

Many lizards and insects shed their skin as part of their growth. Molting is essential as they grow larger and older, and it ...

Ophidiomyces ophidiicola – commonly known as snake fungal disease. We detected it for the first time in free-ranging ...

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

A surprising new species has been discovered clinging to the cliffs of southern Iran, with unique features and a genetic makeup that sets it apart from anything previously known.

A team of paleontologists led by Chinese scientists has discovered the first known evidence of a bone tumor in a lizard preserved in Cretaceous-period amber, shedding new light on the prevalence of ...

A male Acanthosaura grismeri, or Grismer’s pricklenape lizard. Photo from Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Do and Ngo (2025), shared by Thomas Ziegler Researchers scanning tree branches with flashlights ...

In late January, the Moscow Zoo, which is supervised by the Moscow Department of Culture, got baby earless monitor lizards; ...

Say "Hello" to the Summer with this time-lapse of a cicada molting its skin. Bad Bunny performs historic Super Bowl halftime show Federal judge orders Fulton County Georgia election case documents ...

The reptile, a tegu, had frostbite and showed signs of weakness from exposure in this week’s cold weather. It was unclear where it came from. By Aimee Ortiz A Rhode Island man digging out his driveway ...

Two of Sri Lanka’s rare lizards, the critically endangered Dumbara agama (Cophotis dumbara) and the endangered Ceylon deaf agama (Cophotis ceylanica) are popular on global trading websites as exotic ...

WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island man shoveling his driveway after last week's massive winter storm made a shocking find: a big lizard trying to crawl out of the snow. The lizard, later identified as a tegu ...