Watch a 70-Pound Python Queen Lay an Enormous Clutch of Eggs
You can follow African rock python Squeeze’s journey to motherhood on Smithsonian Channel's new special ‘Queen of the Pythons.’
You can follow African rock python Squeeze’s journey to motherhood on Smithsonian Channel's new special ‘Queen of the Pythons.’
Photographs show the struggle between the olive python and the freshwater crocodile—two of Australia's most impressive reptilian predators.
The tunnel reduced the turtle mortality rate by 85 percent in its first year, and has also become a popular highway for other small animals.
It's a myth that these venomous vipers will always shake its rattle before attacking, but a rattlesnake bite still packs a punch.
Don’t toss your old bras! Animal rescue groups can use them to mend the cracked shells of injured turtles.
When the new intern at the Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu isn't caring for the resort's turtles, they'll be dining and snorkeling for free.
The giant Seychelles tortoise, who resides on the island of Saint Helena, is closing in on the two-century mark.
Also known as the bufo toad, this non-native species is out in force and posing a significant threat to pets.
He’s dealt with elaborate booby traps, KGB agents, and a face-melting artifact, but to Indiana Jones, nothing’s more unsettling than snakes. Lots of people can relate.
The fishermen of Gloucester, Massachusetts thought they had seen everything. Then they were proved wrong.
In some cases, beheading a snake is just going to upset it more.
Happy World Turtle Day!
From shooting blood from their eyes to using their own ribs as spears, these animals will do whatever it takes to stay alive.
The state's invasive species population is out of control.
Researchers realized the reptiles were easier to catch when they (the humans) wore blue shirts.
"Selection always comes at a cost, which is death, basically."
"In our free time, we don't go out drinking. We go out herping," says one member of a Florida herpetological society.
The descendants of one thought-to-be extinct species have apparently been chilling on the side of a volcano, eating grass for the last few hundred years.
Just before sunset, Cuban boas line up and dangle from the ceiling of a cave like a curtain, waiting for bats to pass through.
The 17-year-old African spurred tortoise needs a responsible animal lover to take him for strolls in Central Park.
When trapped, the little lizard simply sheds its big scales and regrows them later.
Meet the Gila monster, the largest native lizard in the United States. But watch out for its venomous bites.
If a limbless reptile like the one above crosses your path, it’s obviously a snake, right? Maybe not.
New evidence suggests that prehistoric turtle shells served a different purpose than we originally believed.