The king cobra, renowned as the world's longest venomous snake, exhibits a unique nesting behavior unseen in most reptiles. Unlike other snakes that abandon their eggs, female king cobras meticulously ...

From river giants to land-dwelling beasts, these are the biggest creatures walking, swimming and flying across our planet ...

Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new analysis of museum specimens suggests that it was a scorpion that stretched m ...

It might share its name with the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived, but this isn’t the T.rex we all know and ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the Everglades.

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

Plaintiffs’ attorneys use “Reptile Theory” tactics in transportation litigation to push for higher verdicts by appealing to jurors’ primal need ...

Climate change is increasing human-snake encounters, even as many countries remain ill-equipped to treat victims.

Bright green, brown, dark, speckled or almost disguised as a shrub, the chameleon — the king of camouflage — is expanding its ...

Life on our planet began in the water. Eventually, one branch of the fish family tree developed legs and came up on land.

At first glance, the perentie looks like a creature that escaped from the age of dinosaurs. Growing up to 2.5 meters long, it is Australia's largest monitor lizard and one of the most powerful ...