The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...

Scientists unearthed a 242-million-year-old fossil, Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae, in Devon, pushing back the origins of lepidosaurs. This reptile, the oldest known of its kind, challenges previous ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they ...

A tiny skull found on a beach in Devon has rewritten the early history of lizards, snakes and the tuatara, the last survivor ...

Q. We found a snake in our yard in Charleston, South Carolina, but have been unable to identify it from pictures in a field guide or on the web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year ...

They can fly, climb, dig, crawl and even swim. They change colors to send signals, warm their eggs by shivering, occupy every continent except Antarctica, and have survived for more than 200 million ...

Photos shared by an Australian snake catcher show a bizarre snake-like lizard that was found lurking in a hotel during a conference. Sean Cade, founder of snake removal business Australian Snake ...

The worldwide hunt for a fossil link between snakes and lizards has succeeded — in a museum. The fossil, of a four-legged snake, hints that the ancestors of modern-day snakes may have evolved on land ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

David Kizirian's boot protected him when a deadly snake struck. And the expert in snakes and lizards honored fellow scientist Joseph B. Slowinski's memory by naming for him a species found in Vietnam.

It’s not what you expect to see on a walk along the beach. But visitors to a popular Western Australian beach made a terrifying discovery after coming across a hungry snake making a meal of a massive ...