A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, ...

I had come here on an excursion with Bangkok Herping, a new walking-tour outfit that swaps the Thai capital city’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all lizards have legs. These lizards, called glass lizards because their tails ...

Q. We found a snake (photo attached) in Charleston, South Carolina, but have been unable to identify it from a field guide or the Web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year and send ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there's a chance it's not. The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they ...