Mary River turtle not only breathe through their genitals, but they are also know for grown wild, green algae hairstyles The Zoological Society of London has put together a new list of “weird and ...

The Mary River turtle is an odd little reptile. Finger-like protrusions dangle from its chin, it breathes through gill-like organs in its genitals and vertical strands of algae sprout from its head, ...

Reptiles can be great first pets when you pick the right species. The easiest ones don’t need huge tanks or complicated ...

Currently there are an estimated nearly 9,000 reptiles in the world, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has assessed all of the world’s described mammals, birds, ...

A Mary River Turtle looks on in Queensland, Australia, in this 2008 photo obtained from social media. Chris Van Wyk/via REUTERS Mary River (Elusor macrurus), a bizarre turtle that breathes with its ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine cobra and 12 other reptiles have joined the country’s official list of threatened species, according to former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri. Zubiri, former chairman ...

The Sex Pistols reckon they invented punk in the 1970s but Australia had its own mohawk-wearing rebels thousands of years before anyone had ever heard of Johnny Rotten. With fleshy barbels like spiked ...

With its punk rocker barnet and rather unusual ability to breathe underwater through its genitals, the Mary River turtle is not like most of us. Unfortunately, however, a new assessment shows that it ...

A punk turtle with a green mohican and highly unconventional lifestyle is the star attraction in a new list of endangered reptiles. The Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) has a head crowned by ...

A new species of day gecko, Cnemaspis godagedarai, has been described in Sri Lanka, bringing the island’s number of endemic geckos in the genus Cnemaspis to 25. The new gecko, named after a national ...