The mimic glass lizard is one of three legless varieties found in North Carolina and is losing habitat and numbers along the ...

That’s because they are the largest and heaviest lizards in the world, growing up to eight to ten feet long and weighing ...

Bennett added that “these charming little legless lizards need healthy, well-managed forests” and said the ESA protections ...

But he also signed legislation last week that included two new symbols for California. The Golden State officially named the ...

A “cheeky and charismatic” lizard found only on a small Caribbean island has bounced back from the brink of extinction, ...

With more than 260 species and 1,000 animals, IguanaLand in Punta Gorda, Florida is making a name for itself with ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In January, more than 10,000 endangered tortoises were washed away when Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi brought catastrophic flooding to Madagascar. Years prior though, a Knoxville ...

Green turtles are officially out of danger, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List, the definitive authority on ...

Massachusetts recognizes May 16 as Endangered Species Day, highlighting 453 endangered plants and animals. Eleven mammals are endangered, including six whale species and five bat species. Endangered ...

Bangkok (CNN) — A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their ...

Dear EarthTalk: How are the world’s reptile species faring in terms of population numbers and endangered status? What’s being done, if anything, to help them? The world’s reptiles-turtles, snakes, ...

A woman who participated in a conspiracy to export as many as 18,000 endangered reptiles from the United States into Canada has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of post-release ...