One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. “During our multi-year fieldwork in the Northern Highlands ...

It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences ...

"By examining thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms distributed across the genomes, we will be able to tell once and for all if Dixon's whiptail is a different species," said Corey Roelke, a ...

If you have a fear of snakes, you’re not alone. Studies show ophidiophobia is one of the most common of all animal phobias, ...

TEXAS, USA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Texas lizard species once thought to be vanishingly scarce is now experiencing thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards ...

Scientists found an eight-eyed animal with ǃúhook-shapedǃù genitalia in a cave of Guizhou province and discovered a new species, a study said. (Dreamstime/TNS) In Vietnam’s “driest and hottest” ...

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is once again being saluted in the scientific community, with a new lizard species being named after the musician. Per ReptilesMagazine.com, researchers in Peru ...

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