The juvenile crocodile and dwarf caiman were discovered by Yonkers police conducting an arrest for unrelated charges.

Wei Qiang Lin from Brooklyn has been arrested for smuggling reptiles to Hong Kong, the packages were falsely labeled as toys.

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

Australians are being warned against participating in a dark trend "increasingly targeting students" on the east coast. The ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

Secret Santa gifts. From a handwritten letter to tea-stained mugs, here is what they had to say about the art of anonymous ...

Secret Santa gifts. From a handwritten letter to tea-stained mugs, here is what they had to say about the art of anonymous gifting. The annual ritual of Secret Santa is far more than a simple holiday ...

Keep the lizards away from home naturally with lavender, tulsi, mint, lemongrass and rosemary. These aromatic plants act as ...

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

Snakes, scorpions and toads are among the stowaways a rescue charity has collected from suitcases and shipping containers ...

New biochemical techniques offer unmatched insight into early modern medicine, as traces of plants, animals and even human ...

Who would have thought that 1997’s “Anaconda,” in which Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon Voight run from a giant snake in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, would leave a significant enough ...