REPTILES

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.

The turtle carcasses have been stuffed with Styrofoam to keep them afloat and fitted with GPS trackers.

Flamboyant and reclusive in equal measure, this iconic lizard can bluff like a poker champion.

Discover the weirdest spots where live alligators have turned up, from a New York park to a Chicago basement, and more.

Researchers have started a fundraising campaign to sequence the venomous lizard’s genome.

The segments of DNA have remained useful over the past 80 million years.

It's not all hiss, rattle, and slither. Snakes can also growl, fart, and shriek.

A woman using an outhouse in Alaska got more than she bargained for when a black bear bit her backside.

Green anacondas can weigh more than 200 pounds, making them the world's heaviest snakes. Get wrapped up in more facts about these big beasts.

Alligators are pretty cool as they are, but new discoveries about the reptilian ambush predators are adding to their repertoire.