Reptiles, including turtles and snakes, play a vital role in the Southeastern North Carolina ecosystem. Snakes help control rodent populations, preventing crop damage and disease spread. The New ...

Melanie Denomme receives support from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada given to Glenn Tattersall. Glenn Tattersall receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering ...

ARVILLA, N.D. Young children excitedly and nervously passed around live snakes and turtles during an amphibians and reptiles presentation Saturday afternoon at Turtlefest '07 in Turtle River State ...

Q. I saw a photo on Facebook of a rattlesnake with its head looking up at the base of an oak tree and its enormous body stretched out in the leaves on the ground. I know it was a rattlesnake because ...

This article was originally featured on Field & Stream. In 2015, professional photographer Kerry Wix was fishing at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee when he noticed a big northern water snake that ...

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 ...