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When we think of seed dispersal, images of birds, squirrels, or even the wind usually come to mind. However, a groundbreaking study published in Royal Soci...

Nature often hides solutions to human ailments in the most unexpected places. According to a fascinating study highlighted by ScienceDaily, the key to endi...

A remarkable new addition to the global reptile inventory has been officially described: the Battambang Karst Gecko (Cnemaspis battambangensis). Discovered...

The herpetological community has been reminded once again that natural history museums are not merely warehouses of the past, but "biological time machines...

New paleontological research led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that the anaconda (Eunectes) achieved its impressive size much earlier than pr...

The Jewelled Chameleon (Furcifer campani), a strikingly patterned species endemic to the central highlands of Madagascar, lives in a challenging environmen...

An international team of researchers has officially described three new species of "Tree Toads" within the genus Nectophrynoides, found in the fragmented f...

Recent research from Kobe University has unveiled a fascinating example of evolutionary adaptation in amphibians: the black-spotted pond frog's ability to ...

A groundbreaking study by biologist Vladimir Dinets has shifted the scientific perspective on reptile intelligence, revealing that the Cuban boa (Chilaboth...

The vast and largely unexplored biodiversity of Australia’s Northern Territory continues to yield remarkable discoveries. Scientists from the Australian Wi...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed the existence of two new species of crocodile living on isolated Caribbean islands—a discovery that challenges ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the field of herpetology is challenging long-held assumptions about amphibian development. An international team of researche...

From October 1–4, 2025, Barcelona hosted a landmark collaboration: the 18th Luso-Spanish Congress of Herpetology (Iberian Herpetology Congress 2025) and th...

Australia’s Major Skink (Bellatorias frerei) has evolved the same venom resistance mutation as the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) which is found across ...

Conservationists say they have rediscovered a leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus maresi) on Rábida Island, a small, hilly outpost in the middle of the archipe...

In a recently published study in the journal Diversity and Distributions, researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institut...

An ecological survey in Barbados has rediscovered the smallest known snake species in the world, the Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae). The sn...

The intestinal lining cells inside Burmese python (Python bivittatus) help the large constricting snake to digest the skeletons of their prey, new research...

The question whether reptiles can feel pain arises due to a lack of information from studies on the reptilian nervous system. With the limited studies that...

Seven newly discovered frog species live in the lush rainforests of Madagascar. These small amphibians make strange, high-pitched whistling sounds that sound a...

Researchers investigated the influence of altitude, seasonal variation, and intrinsic characteristics on thermoregulation in African Spiny-Tailed Lizard (U...

An unassuming rain frog has leapt into the scientific spotlight. Named Breviceps batrachophiliorum—Latin for "frog-loving people"—this newly described spec...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adder (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient ...

An Endangered Wildlife Trust ecologist recently joined two other South African researchers to confirm the discovery of a new sand frog species in the genus...

A team of scientists from the University of Concepción and the University of Valparaíso in Chile released a blog about their discovery of the frog Alsodes ...

For centuries, myths and fairytales from European folklore have warned of the danger of the common adder (Vipera berus), a venomous viper known for its pai...

By removing a single gene in a cane toad egg, the researchers have created a hatchling that never progresses past its tadpole stage. The removed gene co...

A new species of treefrog of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group has been discovered and described in the journal Evolutionary Systematics. Re...

Australian National University (ANU) Associate Professor Gavin Smith has been studying the relocation of eastern brown snakes (Pseudonaja textilis) in Aust...

You may be asking yourself right now why I have posted a picture of a salamander this morning. This is a plant blog after all! Well, what I am about to tel...