MIAMI – A convicted wildlife smuggler who still operates as a leading buyer and seller of reptiles has been accused by federal prosecutors of scheming to smuggle illegally harvested Florida turtles to ...

Australia's oceans, deserts and rainforests are home to some truly weird and wonderful species – here are 13 of the strangest ...

Turtles have been around since the age of dinosaurs, and they’ve evolved into extremely interesting creatures in the years following. There are currently over 350 species of turtle on Earth, with some ...

BAR HARBOR − Famous for their sluggishness, turtles have been slow to give up the secrets of their evolution and place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists who study fossils and ...

A Florida reptile dealer known as "The Lizard King" faces federal charges for illegally harvesting turtles from the wild to smuggle out of the United States and sell overseas. Documents filed in Miami ...

A 16-foot anaconda skin. Microscopes that enlarge lizard skins and turtle scutes. Kids watching — wide-eyed — at a variety of reptiles and amphibians. All of that and more happened Monday at ...

The earliest evidence of skin bones dates back approximately 475 million years. At that time, some of the earliest vertebrates evolved an elaborate bony exoskeleton. This might sound surprising ...

A South Florida wildlife dealer who gained fame as “the Lizard King” was charged Tuesday with running an operation that smuggled turtles from Florida to China, Japan and other countries. Michael Van ...

Nearly one fifth of all reptiles — turtles, snakes, lizards and crocodiles — are on a slippery slope toward extinction due to loss of habitat, overharvesting and other factors, a new report says.