Many of us know snakes are ectothermic reptiles that regulate their body temperature behaviorally by using shade, burrows, ...

Heat and cold reshape fertility in reptiles, from scrambled sperm to sex reversal, with lessons for evolution under climate ...

Viviparity, the live-bearing mode of reproduction, has evolved independently in several vertebrate lineages, including squamate reptiles and seahorses. In reptiles, evolutionary transitions from ...

Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme ...

Papers from a symposium held June 5-6, 1978, at Arizona State University, Tempe, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Contents The reproductive biology of reptiles: an ...

The Journal of Herpetology publishes original research articles on the biology of amphibians and reptiles, with emphasis on behavior, conservation, ecology, evolution, morphology, physiology, and ...

A female casque-head iguana at the U.K.’s Exotic Zoo has given birth to eight babies without any male contact, a rare ...

While most snakes lay eggs, some fascinating species give birth to live young. Discover these rare reptiles that bypass eggs, ...