The “elusive” species was only known from four specimens recorded in the Kimberley region between 1979 and 1984, researchers ...

Most people would call it a "field mouse," but a scientist would ask, "Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?

They were found sleeping on two different branches of the same tree about 120 miles from their closest known location, ...

New lizard species discovery in Meghalaya sparks community-led conservation effort in limestone-mining impacted area, ...

The move ends decades of confusion among herpetologists, who had long grappled with scattered and poorly documented specimens ...

ZSI scientists resolve confusion over Persian long-tailed desert lizard, highlighting taxonomic significance of historic ...

Researchers Pratyush Mohapatra and Sumidh Ray have designated the specimen housed in ZSI’s reptilian repository as a ...

As night stretched across a mountain in southern Vietnam, a pregnant creature waited under some “rotting leaves.” But its hiding place wasn’t hidden enough. Visiting scientists found the ...

Police in Thailand are searching for the mother of a newborn baby whose body was partially eaten by a monitor lizard to determine if the infant was still alive when it was abandoned, in a case ...

As night settled over a mountain in southern Vietnam, a black-eyed creature with a “pointed” snout waited under some debris. But its hiding spot wasn’t so hidden. Visiting scientists found the lurking ...

Researchers headed up Hon Ba Mountain in 2017 to survey wildlife, according to a study published May 14 in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Taxonomy. While “removing tile debris” near the ...