Monotremes, found only in Australia and New Guinea, are unique mammals that lay eggs, combining features of reptiles and ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive ... by mating with a male and laying eggs. Or she can lay eggs without having mated, through a sort of virgin birth process called ...

This lizard is one of the slowest moving lizards on the island. You can only find it in Sri Lanka, and then only in a few areas including the cloud forests in Horton Plains, Hakgala and the Knuckles ...

Not all reptiles have four legs and look like a dinosaur. Some have no legs, like these snakes. And aren't slimy, but have dry scaly skin. Some give birth to live young. But mostly they lay eggs.

Turtles are classified as amniotes, along with other reptiles (including birds) and mammals. Like other amniotes, turtles breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in ...

Caption Since lizards lay all of their eggs in one nest, heat waves can be lethal for entire clutches of embryonic lizards. Researches now believe that unless the species is able to adapt, we can ...

The female ball python is thought to the oldest snake living in a zoo A snake laying ... seven eggs - despite having no contact with a male for over 15 years. While some reptiles are known to ...

The largest clutch of pterosaurs eggs ever discovered suggests that the extinct flying reptiles may have gathered together in vast colonies to lay their eggs. More than 200 eggs were discovered at ...

Endangered green sea turtles lay eggs on Loosiep island in the Federated States of Micronesia, but nests have been heavily predated on by pigs, rats and lizards. A community-led project aims to ...