When we think of Africa and the animals that are present, it’s easy to think of the Big Five. The Big Five animals that are ...

As our recent research shows, temperature directly affects the immune systems of vertebrates – regardless of how they ...

This video explores a wide range of African animals kept in one collection, from reptiles to amphibians and insects It showcases species like ball pythons, monitors, tortoises and chameleons, ...

New Jersey is a densely populated state, but it also hides some of the Northeast’s rarest snakes. They live in pine forests, ...

Katraj Snake Park in Pune offers far more than a typical reptile visit, combining conservation, education and a vast zoo ...

Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual ...

Below the waves, giant marine reptiles, such as the fearsome 4m (13ft) long mosasaurs, were the undisputed apex predators. In artistic reconstructions of these ancient oceans, cephalopods – the animal ...

Possums are being put to work in Florida in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons, here's how the experts are using the ...

Researchers in Germany discovered a 180-million-year-old, well-preserved Ichthyosaur fossil, revealing it survived severe jaw ...

Across the Qatari peninsula, an occasional desert hyacinth or thorny acacia bush brings welcome relief to a monotonous and ...

Much of the landscape is under-explored and the ecology little studied, hence the misidentification of the Huaxi green pit ...

Up to 36 per cent of animal habitats on land could be exposed to multiple extreme climate events by 2085, according to a new ...