University of Florida researchers are using AI technology to trap an invasive reptile species to protect native wildlife.

The iconic Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species at risk of extinction. A study in PLOS Biology publishing May 26 ...

“Charismatic megafauna” describes many people’s favorite animals: blue whales, giant pandas, elephants, penguins, and other large beasts of the natural world. Many of these animals are hunted to ...

Even the king cobra is "vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published ...

A tiny skull found on a beach in Devon has rewritten the early history of lizards, snakes and the tuatara, the last survivor ...

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Scientists unearthed a 242-million-year-old fossil, Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae, in Devon, pushing back the origins of ...

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 ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --A new iguana species discovered in China received an official designation Wednesday. Wang's garden lizard, or Calotes wangi, was identified when researchers realized specimens ...

Threats range from construction, agriculture, destruction of open space to invasive and feral species, solar fields, sand mining, off-road vehicles, and military activity The post Four in ten reptile ...

The iconic Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species at risk of extinction. In a new study, researchers present a novel ...