While walking through the woods on a summer day a few years ago, I heard a high-pitched scream. I knew at once what it was — a garter snake had caught a wood frog. I followed the sound to its source, ...

Roger Hill, owner of The Snake Pit, had his first tarantula at 12. “We weren’t interested in sports. We were interested in keeping animals and raising animals, but nothing normal,” he recalled. Roger ...

Some people called him Snakeman, but Cecil Schwalbe was so much more than that. He also really liked lizards. The career scientist and teacher kept a room full of reptiles at his Tucson home, some of ...

We are so fortunate to share the world with a huge diversity of creatures. For me, some of the most fascinating are reptiles and amphibians. Collectively called herpetofauna, reptiles and amphibians ...

Want to participate in an exciting, possibly dangerous, field trip while trekking through a jungle or exploring an underwater cave? Would you like to stand alone in the dark in a Colorado pond ...

Jul. 18—Reptilian habitats and the eating habits of toads and frogs are just a few of the many things young students were able to experience at the Cook Museum of Natural Science on Wednesday as they ...

Garter snakes can survive being frozen solid for hours. Here’s how evolution, biochemistry and behavior have allowed them to ...