For this humble brown reptile to rebound as successfully as other endangered species, conservation history shows that it will ...

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s ...

Scientists have discovered a strange Jurassic lizard on Scotland’s Isle of Skye that’s blurring the boundaries between snakes ...

Scientists discovered a 167-million-year-old lizard fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, that has snake-like jaws and teeth but a ...

The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists ...

The new species looked like a lizard with a short body and four limbs but had snake-like jaws and curved teeth like pythons, showing a mix of traits from both lizards and snakes.

The big berry manzanita is a poignant reminder of resilience amid California’s extreme weather cycles. The native shrub is ...

A new climbing reptile from the Jurassic period, Sphenodraco scandentis, has been discovered following the reconstruction of ...

Almost three quarters of all vertebrates that have been driven extinct by humans lived on islands. The majority of these ...

Get to know Breugnathair elgolensis, a half snake, half lizard that inhabited Jurassic-era Scotland.

Legend has it a fearsome beast roams the Pine Barrens, a beast with a horned head and goat hooves. Its screams are enough to ...