It isn’t just snakes that fill up the reptilian quota of egg-laying animals. A group of reptiles — known as squamates — ...

Q. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99 percent of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too high. Humans, dogs, cats and cows are ...

A 62-year-old ball python at the Saint Louis Zoo laid viable eggs, defying expectations as she hadn't been with a male for ...

Forget eggs! Many snakes surprise us by giving birth to live young, a clever survival tactic in harsh environments. From the ...

Johnson, a newly minted Marco Islander had enjoyed watching the owl family next door, the little male “so cute, flying around gathering ribbon and tinfoil to dress up their burrow,” while mama bird ...

Queensland is the most biologically diverse territory in Australia, home to over 50% of its reptile species. Here are its ...

Africa's deadliest snakes, the boomslang and black mamba, showcase stark contrasts. While the boomslang, a tree-dweller with ...

A female casque-headed iguana produced eight hatchlings during the last week of August in a so-called "virgin birth". It is ...

Viviparity, the live-bearing mode of reproduction, has evolved independently in several vertebrate lineages, including squamate reptiles and seahorses. In reptiles, evolutionary transitions from ...

Invasive iguanas are a growing problem in Florida, threatening native wildlife and damaging property. After seeing an iguana raid an owl's nest, Marco Island resident John Johnson started a business ...