Reptiles exhibit remarkable reproductive diversity, with many species giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.

A couple of decades ago, in my herpetology class at the University of Georgia, we were discussing evolutionary ecology and someone asked the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg ...

Did you know it’s Sea Turtle Week? It’s an exceptional thrill and a privilege of living on our coast: watching a huge sea turtle lumber in from the ocean, lay her eggs on the beach and head back to ...

Reptile eggs are an interesting area of study, but what makes the distinction between snakes and lizards regarding their eggs ...

Q. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99% of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too high. Humans, dogs, cats and cows are ...

New fossil egg discoveries show early dinosaurs and marine reptiles laid soft-shell eggs like those of turtles, snakes and lizards and not the hard shells of bird eggs today, according to a new study.

Most people assume that only reptiles, fish, and birds lay eggs — after all, that’s what we learned in school. But nature always has a few surprises up its sleeve. Believe it or not, there are ...

Laying eggs if you’re an iguana in South Florida isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. One female iguana was recently removed from a Miami resort swimming pool after laying more than two dozen eggs on its ...

A couple of decades ago, in my herpetology class at the University of Georgia, we were discussing evolutionary ecology and someone asked the age-old question, “which came first, the chicken or the egg ...

It’s an exceptional thrill and a privilege of living on our coast: watching a huge sea turtle lumber in from the ocean, lay her eggs on the beach and head back to the water. Green sea turtle season ...