Bettas make a great beginner fish, and cockatiels are manageable for bird novices. First-timers in dogs often choose the easygoing Labrador retriever. And if you're looking for a starter reptile?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The crested gecko's current popularity in the pet trade ...

Veterinarians performed the innovative treatment on a 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko, a species at the fringes of zoo medicine. Mike Bock In March 2025, a Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko received a ...

This fascinating footage shows how reptiles can camouflage themselves against a backdrop of branches - but can you spot the hidden creatures? Reptile keeper Dave Bagshaw keeps his three mossy ...

A SNEAKY reptile hiding on a tree trunk has sent TikTok users into a frenzy. The clip was filmed in Madagascar by wildlife biologist and TV host Forrest Galante ...

Geckos and lizards may look similar, but they are not exactly the same. All geckos are a type of lizard, but not all lizards are geckos. Geckos have some special features like sticky toe pads to climb ...

They are not like other lizards - they’re colourful and have fat tails, usually found with spots on their skin and are known to be among the most popular reptile pets. But most interestingly, they are ...

Where can you find a poisonous snake, a Madagascar hissing cockroach and a leopard gecko all in one place? Today, thousands descended on the Cow Palace in Daly City for the 2nd annual Reptilian Naiton ...

Father Mark da Silva greeted the two American herpetologists at an airstrip on Union Island, one of more than 30 specks of land in the Caribbean that make up the country of Saint Vincent and the ...

Where I live in Florida, I can’t open the door without causing a gecko or another lizard to skitter away. They’ve never complained. But maybe I haven’t been listening. Elizabeth St. John asked ...