Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

More than two dozen animals, including that crocodile or caiman reptile, were still inside of the home Tuesday afternoon, and both sheriff’s deputies and officials with the Alabama Department of ...

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Tegus are omnivorous, eating fruits, eggs, insects and small animals including reptiles and rodents. The Fish and Wildlife Service said tegus not only eat alligator eggs, but also disturb the ...

Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter colouration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The results suggest that ...

Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter coloration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study, published in ...

Think back to your elementary school days and your first science classes. Do you remember learning about the differences between amphibians and reptiles? If so, do you remember what separates these ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.–A Reptile Expo will have exotic pets for purchase along with supplies necessary to take care of the reptiles. The Expo will have high quality reptiles as well as easy-to-care ...

Fear of lizards is formally referred to as herpetophobia, which is a fear of reptiles. Someone afraid of lizards may also be afraid of other reptiles such as snakes. Experts aren't sure why people ...

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Jessica Simpson has added a new "herb" to her regime: Snake sperm. The songstress admitted to drinking the strange concoction in a candid Instagram video. "They’re like, ‘What are you drinking ...

Leicestershire's Twycross Zoo is helping the heartbroken move on by letting them feed their ex-partners to reptiles - symbolically at least. Twycross Zoo's new initiative invites recently single ...