Asia

The Crocodile newt is among the most threatened amphibians in the world, with many species facing habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, disease, and ...

Local conservationists at Indawgyi Lake captured the first known videos of rare Burmese peacock turtles hatching. The Burmese peacock turtles, also call...

Scientists have discovered a new species of parachute gecko in India, according to the study published in Nature. The wide-eyed, smiling reptiles were disc...

The Tibetan hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi), keeps from freezing to death by hanging around the region’s geothermal pools, feasting on frogs and smal...

The dead Swinhoe's softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) was found at Dong Mo Lake. There are currently four specimens of its kind in existence, with two...

The dwarf reed snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) developed what appears to be a unique way of fleeing. When danger approaches, the small, South Asian serpent...

Malaysian reptile enthusiast Yap Ming Yang hopes visitors to his reptile cafe will learn to appreciate snakes and lizards as much as they do furrier creatu...

Herpetologists have long wondered how the king cobra, which slithers across massive Asian landscapes separated by seemingly impenetrable divides such as th...

A new species of Caudata representatives, namely Yangsan clawed salamander (Onychodactylus sillanus) was described from the extreme southeast of the Korean...

Villagers living near Nepal’s Bardiya National Park have discovered the first successful nesting and breeding site of gharial crocodiles in the park in mor...

Researchers have discovered a new species of burrowing snake in the biological hotspot of the northern Western Ghats, India, after 144 years. The snake ...

The largest ever release of endangered Siamese crocodiles into Cambodia’s wild nature last month has raised big hope for their long-term conservation. P...