Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Common toads can fill up their bodies with air, a ploy that sometimes works with a snake that must swallow all of the prey or ...

When my grandson Parker was 11 years old, he called me from a coastal island with exciting news. Problem was I took the call ...

Wildlife conservationists are working with landowners and concerned Texans to recover at-risk species. Currently, more than 1 ...

For anyone who recently visited the University of Wyoming Berry Biodiversity Institute, they may have noticed that its ambassador animals -- an assortment of amphibians and reptiles -- have new and ...

Tis the season for the many varieties of amphibians, and April is National Frog Month – a way to bring attention to the need for conservation efforts to protect them. Frogs represent transition – ...

Presumably, horned lizards from the Southwest were released in areas of the Southeast ecologically similar to their native ...

Nintendo's games over the decades have had us battling a spiky-shelled lizard-dragon named Bowser. In 2025, however, Nintendo ...

Columnist Dorothy Wilhelm reflects on the evolution of the Easter Bunny, the adoption of new pets, and, um, chicken enemas.

Treatment often includes exposure therapy using lizard images, videos, and talking about lizards in a safe environment. Adults with herpetophobia know that there is no real danger, despite their ...

We call it Lizard Island, and it’s a special place. Here, since 2015, we’ve been conducting evolutionary research on five species of remarkable lizards called anoles. By studying the anoles ...