While most reptiles are wild, many are kept as pets because of their reputation for being mysterious and exotic. Having an unconventional pet comes with its own concerns, though, that you'll need to ...

Mexico City native Dr. Ricardo Gaitán came to the US in 2001 and currently works for City of Sacramento Animal Care Services. The types of reptiles often kept as pets includes snakes, lizards, snakes, ...

A new reptile genetics testing company, Phenome, is working on fully mapping out the genomes of a number of reptile species for the first time. The company first made its debut this year at the North ...

A twenty-inch Egyptian cobra went missing at the Bronx Zoo over the weekend. According to its meandering (and unverified) Twitter feed, the cobra has visited the American Museum of Natural History ...

Snakes, turtles, frogs, lizards and other reptiles may not be the cuddliest pets in the world, but they actually do make good pets! Watching these creatures slither and crawl is a really fascinating ...