While most reptiles are wild, many are kept as pets because of their reputation for being mysterious and exotic. Having an unconventional pet comes with its own concerns, though, that you'll need to ...

Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states. By Brandon Keim ...

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Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores – but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

A new international study involving researchers from Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has found that 21 percent of the reptile species on Earth (one in five species), ...

Agriculture, logging and urban development pose significant risks to reptiles. More than a fifth of the world's reptiles are at risk of extinction in the coming decades due to human activity, ...

Of the 10,196 species assessed, scientists found that at least 1,829 (21%) of species were threatened with extinction. "The potential loss of one-fifth of all reptile species reminds us how much of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “Deep inside the skull of every one of us there is something like a brain of a crocodile” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos. In science, reptiles have been ...