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Reptiles
Reptiles are a class of animals characterized by bodies covered by scales. Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates containing at least one lung. Examples of reptiles include turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes.
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APR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Plants & Animals
Marine biologists at the South Carolina Aquarium are treating a rare, 475-pound leatherback sea turtle that washed up Sa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 02, 2015Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Several crocodile relatives amuse themselves by splashing water and giving each other piggyback rides, a new study says. ...Written By: Greg CruikshankDEC 11, 2013Plants & Animals
The American alligator, for all its menacing reputation, is often considered to be one of the more pokey of the reptile ...
APR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
Cuba's efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Plants & Animals
Marine biologists at the South Carolina Aquarium are treating a rare, 475-pound leatherback sea turtle that washed up Sa
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
Several crocodile relatives amuse themselves by splashing water and giving each other piggyback rides, a new study says.
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
DEC 11, 2013
Plants & Animals
The American alligator, for all its menacing reputation, is often considered to be one of the more pokey of the reptile
...