What begins as a simple tour of African reptiles quickly turns into a full showcase of some of the strangest and most impressive animals in the collection. Giant rock pythons, massive monitor lizards, ...

Hunters entering Florida's yearly Python Challenge are once again helping the state thin out invasive snakes in the ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This Southeast Asian lizard stretches its ribs into wings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock In his ongoing mission to eliminate invasive species from South Florida, a YouTuber renowned for his hunting ...

No matter where you live in the United States, you've probably seen a lizard or two (or multiple) in the wild. There are more than 7,000 species of lizards across the globe, including geckos, iguanas, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This tiny, spiny lizard has a shocking secret. Scientists ...

Think about someone you’d call a friend. What’s it like when you’re with them? Do you feel connected? Like the two of you are in sync? In today’s story, we’ll meet two friends who have always been in ...

One day, Jonathan Losos found himself trying to capture a lizard on a research trip near the Bahamas. He's a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis. JONATHAN LOSOS: It was a wily ...