AFICIONADOS OF “Dune”, Frank Herbert’s novel about a planet covered by Sahara-like desert, will be familiar with the idea of animals that swim through sand. Giant worms which do just that are a ...

When the tiny lizard known as the sandfish moves through sand, it literally dives under the surface of the ground as if swimming. Now physicists have figured out how they do it – and want to build ...

A video shared to TikTok authentically showed a marine iguana found only in the Galápagos Islands. There are five species of lizard associated with states bordering Lake Superior, none of which ...

For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard. That's one conclusion from a study of the movement patterns of the shovel-nosed snake, a native ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --A Thailand man had to postpone his plans to shower when he went into his bathroom and discovered a massive monitor lizard in his water tank. Somchai Kunchai, 45, said he was preparing ...

Snakes on planes and snakes inside bathrooms are old news. Now, it’s lizards making such random appearances and if you’re scared, the pictures will only make it worse. A post shared on the Fort ...

A lizard that lives next to streams in the mountains of Costa Rica appears to have evolved a kind of scuba tank to help it stay underwater for long periods. It can remain submerged for at least 16 ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 7 (UPI) --The discovery of an ancient sea lizard skull has shed light on the diversity and distribution of mosasaurs, giant lizards that hunted marine reptiles during the ...

While not venomous, their bite can cause serious infections and they are potentially dangerous to people and pets. This invasive Florida species can climb, swim and is highly aggressive. Meet the Nile ...