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Discover the biggest reptiles in the world, including giant crocodiles, snakes, lizards, and turtles. Learn about their sizes, habitats, and roles in the ecosystem.

The biggest reptile is around 6 times larger than an average human being

March 21, 2025 6:26 pm

From the mighty saltwater crocodile to the massive green anaconda, the world’s biggest reptiles are as impressive as they are important.

Knowledge Nugget of the day: Gondwanax paraisensis

October 26, 2024 5:23 pm

Recently, scientists discovered fossils of pre-dinosaur reptiles in Brazil. What is the significance of this discovery? Take a look.

Chicken before the egg: Early birds, reptiles may have given birth to young, study suggests

June 16, 2023 11:25 am

A new study suggests that the earliest reptiles and birds carried their young within their bodies for extended period of time.

This odd reptile with a beak is an ancient relative of both crocodiles and birds

April 29, 2023 8:16 am

Palaeontologists have unearthed fossils of Beesiiwo cooowuse, a newly discovered reptile species that is related to both crocodiles and birds. The family resemblance is quite evident.

Prehistoric 'wonderfully weird beast' Whatcheeria grew big quickly

December 05, 2022 7:03 pm

Whatcheeria was an early tetrapod, as the first land vertebrates - animals with backbones - were known. These were the predecessors to today's land vertebrates - amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly, says study

July 23, 2021 6:42 pm

The authors speculate that these flying skills may have helped the hatchlings quickly escape predators, chase agile prey and fly amongst dense vegetation.

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Rare 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur species discovered

February 02, 2018 9:44 pm

Twenty-two years after a collector had found a part of a 200-million-year old fossil, scientists have declared it to be part of a new reptile species, that lived at the time of dinosaurs.

Home and the Wild

January 27, 2014 3:09 pm

Close encounters with the animal world, from a snake on the sofa to a sunbird at the front door

Crocodiles are smarter than we think

December 05, 2013 1:38 pm

The reptiles in rookeries had sticks on their snouts during and after the nest-building season.

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Scaly, scary lodgers: Frenchman shares home with 400 reptiles

September 21, 2018 11:35 am

In an unassuming house on France’s River Loire, a cobra lives on the coffee table, a 50 kg (110-pound) tortoise roams the garden and a two-metre (seven-foot) alligator sleeps in the owner’s bed while another keeps a watch at the door.