Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. (file photo/Submitted photo) So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the ...

Photos shared by an Australian snake catcher show a bizarre snake-like lizard that was found lurking in a hotel during a conference. Sean Cade, founder of snake removal business Australian Snake ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look ...

David Kizirian's boot protected him when a deadly snake struck. And the expert in snakes and lizards honored fellow scientist Joseph B. Slowinski's memory by naming for him a species found in Vietnam.

Hundreds of people filled the Morgantown Event Center Saturday eager to check out some snakes, crocodiles, tarantulas, ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

It’s not what you expect to see on a walk along the beach. But visitors to a popular Western Australian beach made a terrifying discovery after coming across a hungry snake making a meal of a massive ...

The intriguing Australian sleepy lizard has raised new questions about vertebrate immunity after the surprise discovery of the evolutionary disappearance of genes needed for some T cell production in ...

Reptile eggs are an interesting area of study, but what makes the distinction between snakes and lizards regarding their eggs so complicated? Both reptiles can lay eggs and even have live births. It ...

So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a snake at all and wildlife biologists will tell you in a ...