"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...

Most reptiles are covered in dry, scaly skin. They can be found living in both water and on the land. There are six species of reptile which live in the UK. They are rare and very shy so spotting ...

Reptile reproduction also depends on temperature. Only boas and pythons give birth to live young. The other species lay their eggs in a simple nest, and leave. The young hatch days to months later.

These changes separate the reptiles from the amphibians. #1, the evolution of stronger, more effective jaw mechanisms, is the subject of this lecture and one topic in last week’s lab. The other ...

One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 percent of amphibians, 37 percent of sharks and rays, and 21 percent of ...

Extinct species are every bit as interesting as those that are found in the wild today–perhaps ... [+] moreso. Here are four reptiles that would make your jaw drop if they had survived into the ...

“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast ...