During the age of dinosaurs, most lizards struggled to compete with the giants that dominated land and sky. But one lineage ...

Across islands, grasslands, forests, and swamps, we search for reptiles that are not the largest on Earth - but the largest of their own kind. From New Caledonia’s giant gecko to Madagascar’s massive ...

Following in the wake of the original Golden Records, a new deep-space delivery hopes to introduce a ‘mostly harmless’ humanity to alien life ...

National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2026 occurs between February 23 and February 27, 2026. Invasive species are frequently ecological disasters, as evidenced by the damage caused by feral pigs ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...