Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as ...

At the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalized by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a paleontologist ...

The dikkop bird guards Nile crocodile nests, and in exchange, the crocodile protects the bird’s eggs. Discover this wild ...

The colorful coral snake is the most venomous snake in Arizona. Here is the best way to avoid coral snakes and what to do if you are bitten.

After weeks of anticipation, the snakes have finally started laying eggs and it’s an amazing sight to witness. This video ...

Instead of laying eggs in a nest like many other reptiles, rattlesnakes keep the eggs inside their bodies. Baby snakes develop in thin, leathery shells and are fully formed and ready to slither. The ...

Reptiles lay hard-shelled or leathery eggs on land, which are more resistant to drying. This adaptation allows them to reproduce in a wider variety of environments, often far from water.

Reptiles generally have dry, tough skin, unlike the smooth skin of amphibians. This adaptation allows many reptile species to thrive in arid and desert environments. Reptiles lay eggs with hard or ...

Monotremes, found only in Australia and New Guinea, are unique mammals that lay eggs, combining features of reptiles and mammals. This group includes the platypus and four echidna species.

Of more than 11,000 kinds of reptiles, all turtles and crocodilians lay eggs, as do the 10,000 recognized species of birds (some ornithologists suggest 20,000). More than 80 percent of lizards and ...

Let’s start with a definition: Dinosaurs, according to the Natural History Museum in London, were the dominant group of animals that roamed the land for between 140 and 160 million years. Yes, all ...