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Reptiles

The Ballad of Ol' Rip, the Horny Toad That Wouldn't Die

After 31 years entombed in a stone, this Texas icon came back to life.

Eric Grundhauser October 12, 2016

How a Deadly Camping Trip Revealed an Arms Race Between Snakes and Newts

Snakes' incredible resistance to newt poison started before either creature even existed.

Matt Soniak August 11, 2016

Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada Grande)

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

Crocodile at Alligator Bay

Beauvoir, France

Alligator Bay

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

How to Travel Safely With a Crocodile

A professional reptile transporter breaks it down.

Tao Tao Holmes June 2, 2016

FOUND: A Three-Tailed Lizard

Sarah Laskow October 5, 2015

FOUND: A Fossil That Shows How Turtles Got Their Shells

Sarah Laskow June 25, 2015

Komodo Island

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Komodo National Park

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A Turks and Caicos rock iguana sunning his glorious self.

Leeward Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands

Iguana Island

Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.

Frog specimens at the California Academy of Sciences.

San Francisco, California

California Academy of Sciences Herpetology Department

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.