REPTILES

A small study of four young American alligators demonstrated that they can regrow damaged tails up to 9 inches in length.

A 62-year-old female python at the St. Louis Zoo hasn't been in contact with a male in decades, but she was somehow able to reproduce this summer.

Georgia needs your help to prevent the Argentine black and white tegu from becoming a devastating invasive species.

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.

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.

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.