Male snakes have two penises. Actually, it sounds like a decent amount of lizards and things have two penises—squamates, the largest order of reptiles, are actually known for the fact that they ...

Reptiles Alive! has a spider-tailed horned viper on display, the only one of its kind currently in the United States. The ...

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

If your garden or yard is overrun with snakes, and you’re wondering how to get rid of them, this all-encompassing guide will help you do just that.

Further study of the find could help reveal why this animal’s ancient order of reptiles were winnowed down from being diverse and numerous in the Jurassic to just New Zealand’s tuatara surviving today ...

Tuatara are “rare” reptiles and “the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs,” according to the conservation department. They are “New Zealand’s ...

The reptile is named Opisthiamimus gregori. It looks like a lizard, but like New Zealand’s tuatara, it is not one. Lizards are squamates, an order of reptiles that includes snakes and worm lizards.

The tuatara, the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived during the age of the dinosaurs, is a rare reptile that is found only in New Zealand that can live up to 100 years.

They shaped its branches by using genomic data from more than 1,000 species of squamates (the order of reptiles that includes snakes and lizards) to chart how these scaly critters changed over time.

There are few predators more frightening than snakes and crocodiles … but what about a snake-crocodile combo? Although it might sound like a cheesy monster movie premise, “snakey crocodile ...

Smithsonian researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New Zealand’s living tuatara. A team of scientists, including the ...