In India’s harsh deserts, spiny-tailed lizards subtly change diets with seasons, storing energy for winter and shifting food ...

Reptiles are among the most adaptable species on earth, and they can be found in deserts, forests, swamps, and even cities. Snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles have succeeded in making their ...

Cold snaps in subtropical regions can create strange scenes. In places like South Florida, a sudden temperature drop can ...

An ancient shark older than forests still glides through deep oceans today. Its strange teeth, slow life cycle, and dinosaur-era origins reveal how early seas shaped survival across mass extinctions.

Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

Of all the intriguing insects out there, the Photuris firefly has always been one of my favorites. This “femme fatale” uses light as a weapon, mimicking the specific flashing mating signals of other ...

A Florida backyard can feel ordinary until a porch light catches an unfamiliar pattern moving through the grass. When a ...

Yellow males are especially likely to succeed at mating with females if the orange male is currently mating with another ...

Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern California home probably weren’t sure what to expect. The officers found a young ornate Nile monitor had been ...

MARSHALLS CREEK, Pa. — Volunteers are combing through a wooded area just outside an apartment complex on Grey Fox Road near Marshalls Creek. The Wilderz at Pocono Wildlife got a call after neighbors ...