Imagine walking through a lush, green forest, sunlight dancing on the scales of a basking lizard. Nearby, a turtle glides ...

If you're wondering whether birds are reptiles, know this: ... This clade, in turn, shares an ancestor with a group called ...

Animal behavior and cognition experts at the University of Lincoln, U.K., have made new discoveries about reptile sentience ...

Both birds and reptiles are descended from the group Reptilia, which are diapsids, or animals with two openings on each side of the skull. So from a phylogenetic standpoint, birds are reptiles ...

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

A new analysis of three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years reveals that they were created by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s.

A conservation group threatens to sue unless the feds step up reptile and amphibian protections. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a notice Wednesday to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

No, the rats and rabbits and guinea pigs rescued by the reptile society did not wind up as snake food, officials from the group and the county said.. But some animal activists were uneasy upon ...