Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme ...

Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates, or a combination of both. They ...

A 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and a nest of fossilized eggs that were discovered in the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientists and staff from the University of Calgary ...

Discover a female pterosaur fossil revealing insights into ancient winged reptile reproduction and mating rituals.

The reproductive biology of reptiles: an historical perspective / Roger Conant -- Modern management and exhibit techniques for reptiles / J. Kevin Bowler -- Reproductive strategies of reptiles / Henry ...

While a life in the slow lane may be easier, will it be any longer? It will if you're a reptile. A new study finds that reduced reproductive rates and a plant-rich diet are responsible for the ...

Labord's chameleon, native to western Madagascar, holds the record as the shortest-lived vertebrate, surviving only four to five months. This reptile' ...

As researchers expand their dataset, the discovery of A. bradyi continues to illuminate the evolutionary complexity of reptile reproduction and suggests that many long-held assumptions about ...

A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has ...

While researchers admit that the female in the study may have been a genetic freak, they say the findings should press researchers to re-think reptile reproduction.