In the evergreen forests of Vietnam, researchers identified two new species of assassin bugs, Epidaus batxatensis and Epidaus ...

Many of us know snakes are ectothermic reptiles that regulate their body temperature behaviorally by using shade, burrows, warm rocks, and even metabolic heat from digestion. But not everyone is aware ...

The Langbian blind skink is a species that was first described in 1921 in the Langbian region of Vietnam, but when researchers conducted recent fieldwork they noticed that while some of the specimens ...

A Wyoming man and retired federal game warden helped bust the bizarre 1970s heyday of America's illegal reptile trade by ...

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but how can you count stock levels or protect endangered fish without seeing or catching ...

LAWRENCE—The Kansas Geological Survey has released a new full-color geologic map of Jewell County, where an ancient inland ...

Researchers found dozens of Triassic coelacanth fossils in UK museums. The fish were once mistaken for reptile bones. The coelacanth is often called a “living fossil.” Once believed to have vanished ...

In a mountain forest of southeastern China, a 1-foot-long creature with a “collar” moved along the ground. Its “secretive” nature helped it go largely unnoticed — until some keen-eyed scientists found ...

The Walking Dunes Trail takes you through a rare inland dune field where the sand is constantly shifting, creating an almost desert-like landscape in the middle of coastal Delaware. It’s like someone ...

After joining a supportive swim community, our Bel Woodhouse decided to try the Oceanman in Cozumel race with only a month of ...

People living along the Baltic Sea — from Denmark and Germany to Poland, the Baltic states, and up north to Sweden — have ...

When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great ...