A new fossil discovery suggests that reptiles lived together 20 million years earlier than previously thought.

The findings confirm that communal living among land-living reptiles happened further back in time than we thought ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. South Africa’s native reptiles and amphibians, including threatened species, are being illegally captured and exported for the global pet trade.

In addition to the effects of habitat loss and climate change, some species of reptiles have high value in the pet trade, leading to harvesting of wild individuals. Some species of South African ...

Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in nine South African cultures. The list includes 136 frog and ...

The reptile wrangler was bitten by an Eastern green mamba, the outlet reported. “South African Steve Irwin” Graham “Dingo” Dinkelman died on Oct. 26 after being bit by a Eastern green mamba.

A famous Nile crocodile named Henry just celebrated a birthday last year, turning 124 in December. This living fossil ...

A fossilised colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa. It's the first time that the Procolophon trigoniceps, which lived in the ...

University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA. A fossilised colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence from South Africa shows that Procolophon trigoniceps, a small burrowing reptile from 250 million years ago, lived communally in underground ...