So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a snake at all and wildlife biologists will tell you in a ...

If you’re wandering around beach dunes or marsh trails in the Charleston area, you might just spot something that looks like a snake sliding through the underbrush. But with a closer look, you may ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look ...

North Carolina is home to three legless lizard species, often mistaken for snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes with ear openings, eyelids and more rigid bodies. Glass lizards eat insects and ...

Scientists found a “snake-eyed” creature with a “pocket” on its neck in forests of western India and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Patel, Vyas, Thackeray, Pal and Mirza (2024) In ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all lizards ...

The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...