Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately ...

Green snakes are among the most fascinating reptiles on Earth, not only because of their bright colouration but also due to their role in the ecosystem. Green snakes inhabit all of North America, ...

While an untold number of iguanas awoke from a cold-stunned torpor to continue on with their life, those that succumbed to the chill may be in trees.

Recent cold weather in Florida has caused invasive green iguanas to die and fall from trees as they decay. Iguanas, which are not native to Florida, can become paralyzed when temperatures fall below ...

The largest python ever recorded demonstrated how extreme growth is biologically possible in constrictor snakes Unlike venomous species pythons rely on muscular coils to suffocate prey before swallowi ...

A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on ...

A newly named rainforest tree found in Queensland has been labelled "living dead" after a fungal disease pushes it to the brink of extinction. Scientists and nurseries are racing to save the species ...

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...