Piute Ponds is the largest freshwater marsh in L.A. County and, thanks to its location, attracts an estimated 300 bird ...

The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of ...

Trans-Pecos Texas has a stunning diversity of reptiles and amphibians, and herpetologists, both professional and avocational, ...

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas.

Strange Snakes & Lizards That You Didn't Know Existed! Follow Brian Barczyk as he hangs out at JTK Reptiles and see some amazing reptiles like that you may or may not know existed like Albino Burmese ...

A study of Gila monster venom helped start the revolution in weight-loss drugs. But scientists think that’s just the ...

In the Arizona desert last week, just north of the U.S. border with Mexico, a group of volunteers helped newly arrived migrants call the family and friends they had left behind in other parts of ...

Q. Why are there so many lizards this year? I’ve never seen so many before! It’s possible that you are seeing more lizards because their normal hiding places have been disturbed. For instance ...

The enormous lizard raises its head, its tongue flicking in and out. It squats at the edge of a small gorge, surveying its next meal — the decaying body of an enormous wombat-like marsupial ...