The Yarrow's spiny lizard lives in a narrow band of the Mule Mountains, but its numbers are declining as temperatures warm ...

Island reptiles are vanishing fast—but scientists are barely paying attention. Here's why that needs to change.

The United States is home to several rare animal species that exist nowhere else in the world. Many of them live in protected ...

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special ...

Health & Biosecurity Risks Feral (and stray) cats are associated with the spread of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can harm ...

Conservationists have discovered a previously unknown species of snake, slithering around one of Earth’s most unique ...

Nestled in rural New Jersey’s rolling hills, a top secret animal sanctuary is keeping its occupants safe. The oasis is not ...

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WorldAtlas highlighted one south Georgia state park among the seven most snake infested in the U.S. Where is it? What kinds of snakes live there?

A pair of jaws found in phosphate reveal the existence of a new duck-billed dinosaur, Taleta taleta, that thrived just before ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Oh, Florida! It’s so cold in the Sunshine State frozen iguanas are falling from trees. Where you can find them and things to ...