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 ...

If you keep up with the news in herpetology (we're sure you already knew this, but herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians), you might learn, every so often, about the discovery of a new ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look ...

Scientists have discovered four new species of legless lizards in California, including one species that lives beneath the sand dunes near LAX. But before we go on, let’s get one thing straight: Yes, ...

A baby monitor lizard put up an incredible fight as it battled a snake for ages trying to avoid being eaten. The western yellow-bellied sand snake and the young lizard battled each other for over an ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A little Saharan lizard "swims" through desert sands by undulating its body in a series of ...

Scientists have examined a spectacular discovery from the UNESCO World Heritage site Messel Pit: A fossil snake in whose stomach a lizard can be seen, which in turn had consumed a beetle. The ...

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 ...

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 ...