Identifying snake and lizard eggs can be tricky. Experts look at size, shape, and color. Snake eggs are usually larger and ...

GAINESVILLE - A black-and-white striped bandit from South America has invaded the habitat of threatened and endangered Florida wildlife, stealing their eggs and potentially causing an environmental ...

Our earliest vertebrate (animals with backbones) ancestors laid eggs, but over millions of years of evolution, some species began to give birth to live young. There is a traditional dichotomy in ...

Whether baby lizards will turn out to be male or female is a more complicated question than scientists would have ever guessed, according to a new report. The study shows that for at least one lizard ...

For most animals, reproduction is straightforward: Some species lay eggs, while others give birth to live babies. But our recent research uncovered a fascinating mix between the two modes of ...

New findings add a surprising twist to the already complex mechanism that determines whether reptile embryos develop to be males or females. An egg-laying lizard found in the hills of southeastern ...

Normally, animals reproduce by either laying eggs or giving birth to live young, but an Australian species of lizard can apparently do both in the same pregnancy. Scientists at the University of ...

1. One of the primary axes of life-history variation involves the proportion of embryonic development for which the offspring is retained within its parent's body; understanding trade-offs associated ...

June 17 (UPI) --Nearly a decade ago, Chilean scientists recovered what looked like a deflated football among ancient marine deposits of the Antarctic coast. But until recently, the fossilized orb -- ...

In 2011, a team of scientists in Chile’s National Museum of Natural History discovered a peculiar fossil in Antarctica. Measuring in at 11 by 7 inches, it was referred to by the team as “The Thing,” ...

Reaching for a snack, 20-year-old Shona McKenzie of Glasgow, Scotland, discovered a mass lodged in a bunch of grocery store bananas and immediately thought the worst. Suspecting that the small, white ...

The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...