The fossil record isn't always kind to preserving the existence of smaller creatures. But this week, scientists announced the discovery of two previously unknown species in two separate studies ...

Lions, tigers and bears top the ecological pyramid—the diagram of the food chain that every school child knows. They eat smaller animals, feeding on energy that flows up from the base where plants ...

As anyone who has ever stood within earshot of me for longer than three minutes knows, I am a doctor. Specifically speaking, my PhD gives me dominion over all literature, but more specifically, I am a ...

One fish was just the luckiest, as it escaped the beak of a bird and the teeth of a lizard all in a matter of seconds. Adele Sneyd, owner of Aeternum Creations and a wildlife photographer, captured ...

A new study found a rare species of lizard (different from the one pictured here) is spending more time eating in response to sounds from military aircraft. (Heide Couch/Air Force/Canva) If the stress ...

A huge carpet python was found eating a bird while hanging upside-down from a gutter at a home in eastern Australia. The incident occurred in the rural town of Palmwoods in the Sunshine Coast region ...

Parks Department staff in Santa Clara County are on the lookout for a member of a large invasive lizard species that was recently spotted by hikers on a local trail. The group of hikers reported the ...

Lizards are a type of reptile. There are more than 6,000 species of lizard across the world. They can vary in size, from a few centimeters to as long as several meters. People in many parts of the ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --A South African reptile rescuer working to relocate a monitor lizard from a resident's yard captured video of the moment he was dive-bombed by a bird. Nick Evans said in a Facebook ...

Ticks and the diseases they carry are the bane of those who frequent the outdoors. They can render the glory of an outing in the woods or along a stream into an ordeal of serious illness, even death.

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A First Coast News crew was walking through Dutton Island Preserve in Atlantic Beach, filming video for a story when something caught their attention. Stradling a guardrail was ...