The Sombrero ground lizard, endemic to a tiny Caribbean island near Anguilla, is a critically endangered reptile. In 2018, it was estimated that fewer than 100 individuals of the species were left ...

Following a petition and legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity and reptile ecologist Renata Platenberg, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect four skinks found ...

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — Simon’s Rock Associate Professor of Biology Sarah Snyder has been selected as the summer research ...

The surveys were part of an ongoing project to “inventory” the region’s reptiles and amphibians. During the visits, Tulyasuk noticed a pair of “dull,” patternless snakes and caught them.

Mainly native to Central America and the Caribbean, they are not aggressive despite possessing sharp tails and jaws and razor-like teeth. The reptiles subsist on a diet of mostly fruit ...