Ancient skin Scientists have been able to detect for the first time a clear "skin" pattern from a 50-million-year-old reptile, using non-invasive infrared and synchrotron technology. The findings are ...

Crowds of two-legged Arkansans met some new four-legged and no-legged friends Saturday during the Show Me Reptile Show at the ...

A new study reveals that the sleep patterns previously thought exclusive to mammals and birds - REM and slow-wave sleep patterns - are also found in reptiles. The results shake up our understanding of ...

The Lower Permian Richards Spur locality is the most speciose Paleozoic continental vertebrate assemblage currently known, and a significant proportion of the tetrapod diversity found at the locality ...

The skins of two slithery reptiles – the ball python and a type of lizard known as the sandfish skink – have inspired researchers to create a new kind of super-slippery biomimetic material. By etching ...

RAINFOREST HERPETOFAUNA AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION: EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION, ABUNDANCE AND MICROHABITAT RELATIONSHIPS Deforestation of tropical ecosystems is one of the major threats to ...

Unless you've been hiding in your closet, there's no way to miss a certain trend for spring 2011 - python prints! This raging reptile craze has caught on big time. Animal print items become trendy for ...

Stripes. Spots. Symmetries. Swirls. In the natural world, patterns help animals attract or repel, blend in or stand out. This scale-covered pinwheel is a veiled chameleon’s tail, which the animal ...