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dinosaurs

A ‘Weird’ Ancient Marine Reptile Surfaces Thanks to the ‘Bone Biddies’

The unique plesiosaur defies the fossil rulebook—just ask the “paleogrannies” who prepared it for study.
Gemma Tarlach September 28, 2022
A debilitated caiman is carried by GRAD leader Carla Sassi, on a bridge in Poconé, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
disasters

When Disaster Strikes in Brazil, This Pioneering Veterinarian Jumps Into Action

Carla Sassi is helping to develop new ways to save the country's animals from peril.
João Velozo July 7, 2022
An artist's rendering of the moment an ancient crocodilian really stepped in it.
science

An Ancient Croc Stepped in Poop and Created a Portal to the Past

Scientists braved rain, mud, and a close encounter at a crocodile farm to learn what fossilized feces reveal about life 33 million years ago.
Kate Golembiewski February 28, 2022
New Zealand's tuatara are the last members of <em>Rhynchocephalia</em>, an order of lizard-like reptiles
animals

New Zealand's Slow-Moving 'Living Fossils' Have the Fastest Sperm Among Reptiles

Discovering the trait may help scientists protect the tuatara, which has been around since the dinosaurs.
Tess McClure September 13, 2021
Many animals ensnared in trash don't have long to live, but this one appears to have adapted.
science

How Could a Crocodile Spend Years Cinched By a Tire?

One in Indonesia has been carrying a rubber ring since at least 2016. Here’s how the litter might be affecting the animal’s life.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 9, 2022
world's largest

Podcast: Narcisse Snake Dens

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 20, 2021
Wrangling an eight-foot king cobra is all in a day's work for Ajay Giri, field director of the Agumbe Reserve Research Station in western India.
snakes

Meet the King Cobra Rescue Team That Saves Both People and Snakes

A research station in India is on call 24/7 to aid wayward reptiles in need.
Mahima A. Jain February 24, 2021
Even in hurricane-force winds, the anole manages to hang on.
islands

Lizards Are Evolving in Response to Fierce Hurricane Seasons

They need to get a grip.
Isaac Schultz April 30, 2020
The critically endangered pink land iguana is limited to just a four-miles-square area of on Isabela Island.
islands

For One Photographer, Reptiles Rule the Galápagos

Lucas Bustamante wants you to fall in love.
Winnie Lee February 21, 2020
A water dragon suns itself on a ledge
Sydney, Australia

Water Dragons of the Chinese Garden of Friendship

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.
Guelta d'Archei.
Chad

Guelta d'Archei

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.
Okay, this guy's a snake.
snakes

How a Fossilized Snake With Legs Fits Into the Lineage of Lizards

“Snakes are just fancy lizards,” says one evolutionary biologist.
Sabrina Imbler December 6, 2019
For the first time since the days of Darwin, these iguanas are living on Santiago Island.
islands

The Whack-a-Mole Survival of Galapagos Land Iguanas

Moving them from island to island is one way to conserve them.
Isaac Schultz November 7, 2019
Mexico City, Mexico

Cocodrilo de Leonora Carrington

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.
A butterfly drinking from a leaf inside the Pavilion.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.
View of one of the coral reef marine ecosystems and its spectacular fish
London, England

Horniman Aquarium

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
Giant isopods descend on a reptilian banquet.
science

Scientists Dropped Dead Gators to the Seafloor to See What Bites

It takes a lot to go from the bayou to the deep sea.
Sabrina Imbler March 28, 2019
Old Rip.
Eastland, Texas

Old Rip

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.