A scientist says he's found the tiniest species of snake in the world. It averages less than four inches long and is as thin as a spaghetti noodle. Before this, biologist Blair Hedges already had ...

BEATA ISLAND, Dominican Republic -- Two American biologists have discovered the world's smallest known gecko -- a lizard so tiny it can curl up comfortably on a dime. The Jaragua Gecko is the smallest ...

For Cincinnatians, the sight of a small lizard scurrying across a sidewalk or hanging out on an alley wall isn’t surprising. For more than 70 years, European common wall lizards, known locally as ...

Yet protecting the lizard isn’t the barrier to oil drilling that companies would have you believe, Fitzgerald said. The area ...

The dunes sagebrush lizard has been added to the endangered species list. Their habitat overlaps with the nation’s most lucrative oil and gas basin. Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Texas A&M ...

Along a river in Costa Rica, small creatures dive into the water to escape predators and use bubbles to breathe, researchers said. Lindsey Swierk For an animal not much larger than a pencil, there ...

These teacup-sized dogs are so tiny that sometimes you don’t even notice when someone is carrying one around in their purse. According to Guinness World Records, the smallest Chihuahua ever is named ...

World lizard day is celebrated on Aug. 14 each year. There are more than 7,000 species of lizards in the world, and they are found on all continents except Antarctica. Although these animals share ...

A forgotten species once found in the crop of a dark chanting goshawk in 1954 was rediscovered in Angola. Benito M, Conradie W, Vaz Pinto P, Lobón-Rovira J (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the ...

For Cincinnatians, the sight of a small lizard scurrying across a sidewalk or hanging out on an alley wall isn’t surprising. For more than 70 years, European common wall lizards, known locally as ...