The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...

Animals time events on scales that span from microseconds to days. In contrast to the technologies devised by humans to keep track of time, biology has developed vastly different mechanisms for ...

Families and children gathered at Old Santee Canal Park Saturday, Jan. 18, to learn about reptiles native to South Carolina. Education Coordinator Kathy O’Connor explained the event's purpose was to ...

Families and children gathered at Old Santee Canal Park on Saturday, Jan. 18 to learn about reptiles native to South Carolina ...

Many animals get their external marking -- such as, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 11, 202.) ...

MICHEL MILINKOVITCH: Just looking at the animal from up close, I was just so surprised by the pattern of very irregular scales on the head of the animal - very different on the left and on the right.

MICHEL MILINKOVITCH: I was so surprised by the pattern of very irregular scales on the head of the animal, very different on the left and on the right. And also, many of the edges are, like ...