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Kildonan, Scotland

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Crocodile Museum

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.
Brooklyn, New York

The Gecko Gallery NYC

A hidden Brooklyn basement gallery where two biologists nurture one of the Northeast’s rarest and most vibrant reptile collections.
Should a snake climb along a branch where a baby anole sleeps, the lizard will wake up and drop to the ground to escape.
islands

Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'

On an island in South Florida, scientists use trials to see how natural selection drives evolution in real time.
James T. Stroud April 14, 2025
The fearsome cryptid is said to grow up to six-feet-long and spit deadly poison.
cryptozoology

Inside the Decades Long Hunt for the Mongolian Death Worm

Some say the true death worm has already been found—slithering beneath the sands of the Gobi.
Mark Hay April 30, 2024
Desert tortoises have seen a lot—as a species, at least. This one, Rocky, was injured and rescued by wildlife biologists.
science

Desert Tortoises Get New Homes in Backyards and Other Surprising Spaces

As their habitat dwindles, reptile relocators are springing into action to save these slow-moving icons.
Julia Sizek March 22, 2024
Mottisfont, England

The Mottisfont Crocodile

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.
dinosaurs

The Secrets of the Sea Hidden High in the Andes

Colombia's paleontologists uncover rich fossil deposits that could change what we know about ancient oceans.
Santiago Flórez January 29, 2024
Fort Davis, Texas

Rattlers & Reptiles

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.
Rodeo, New Mexico

Chiricahua Desert Museum

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.
Karachi, Pakistan

Pir Mangho

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.
dinosaurs

A ‘Weird’ Ancient Marine Reptile Surfaces Thanks to the ‘Bone Biddies’

The unique plesiosaur defies the fossil rulebook—just ask the “paleogrannies” who prepared it for study.
Gemma Tarlach September 28, 2022
A debilitated caiman is carried by GRAD leader Carla Sassi, on a bridge in Poconé, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
disasters

When Disaster Strikes in Brazil, This Pioneering Veterinarian Jumps Into Action

Carla Sassi is helping to develop new ways to save the country's animals from peril.
João Velozo July 7, 2022
An artist's rendering of the moment an ancient crocodilian really stepped in it.
science

An Ancient Croc Stepped in Poop and Created a Portal to the Past

Scientists braved rain, mud, and a close encounter at a crocodile farm to learn what fossilized feces reveal about life 33 million years ago.
Kate Golembiewski February 28, 2022
New Zealand's tuatara are the last members of <em>Rhynchocephalia</em>, an order of lizard-like reptiles
animals

New Zealand's Slow-Moving 'Living Fossils' Have the Fastest Sperm Among Reptiles

Discovering the trait may help scientists protect the tuatara, which has been around since the dinosaurs.
Tess McClure September 13, 2021
Many animals ensnared in trash don't have long to live, but this one appears to have adapted.
science

How Could a Crocodile Spend Years Cinched By a Tire?

One in Indonesia has been carrying a rubber ring since at least 2016. Here’s how the litter might be affecting the animal’s life.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 9, 2022
world's largest

Podcast: Narcisse Snake Dens

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 20, 2021
Wrangling an eight-foot king cobra is all in a day's work for Ajay Giri, field director of the Agumbe Reserve Research Station in western India.
snakes

Meet the King Cobra Rescue Team That Saves Both People and Snakes

A research station in India is on call 24/7 to aid wayward reptiles in need.
Mahima A. Jain February 24, 2021