Reptiles

Alligators

Two ingenious design features make the alligator a fearsome predator as he chases fish, birds, and small mammals. But alligators were not always meat-eaters. Like other predators in this now-fallen world, they continue to remind us about the Curse caused by Adam’s sin.

Turtles in the Winter

Box turtles truly take “hibernation” to another level. What special provision enables these four-legged tanks to endure subzero weather in such woefully shallow burrows? The answer sounds almost like science fiction. God equipped them with antifreeze!

Legs on a Snake?

A leg on a snake would not be a truly novel genetic feature, since there is evidence that the snake genome once had the information to produce legs. The leglessness of snakes today represents a corruption, loss, or deactivation of that information.

Chameleons: Walking Bug-Zappers

Stealth. Patience. Vigilance. Slowly the hunter moves unseen among the branches. His independently rotating eyes constantly scan the leafy canopy in every direction. No insect is safe within striking distance of his infamous weapon—a fast-acting and deadly accurate catapulting tongue. Aided by his steady grip and excellent vision, the chameleon is always ready to seize unsuspecting prey.

Articles About Reptiles

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Snake Medicine

April 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine
Besides being the fastest land snake, the black mamba also has one of the fastest-acting snake vemons of any land snake.
Magazine Department Article
Vertebratesimals

June 22, 2012 from Answers Magazine
In late 2011, scientists described a newly discovered chameleon species on Madagascar.
African Reptile First With a True Placenta

Oct. 15, 2011 from News to Know
The skink that breaks the rules
Magazine Article
Salt Sneezing Lizards

May 29, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The marine iguana displays special design for sneezing excess salt.
Chameleon Fun Facts

March 29, 2011
Learn fun facts about chameleons.
The Legless Snakes

Feb. 12, 2011 from News to Know
Why and how did “serpents” lose their limbs? The research may move forward, but the answer stays (largely) the same.
Magazine Department Article
Evolution in (In)Action

Dec. 27, 2010 from Answers Magazine
An Australian lizard can apparently either give live birth or lay eggs.
The Snake Can Walk?

Sept. 19, 2009 from News to Know
A snake with a leg—is it evidence of evolution, creation, both, or neither?
Amazing Turtle Shell Development

July 18, 2009 from News to Know
The incredible way a turtle develops a shell—is it an evolutionary accident or part of God’s design?
Magazine Department Article
Turtle Power

April 1, 2009 from Answers Magazine
Turtles are some of the most unique of God's creatures.
Snake Fangs and Evolution

Aug. 9, 2008
If the riddle of where fangs fit into snake evolution has been gnawing at you, biologists may have come up with an answer.
The Danger of Komodo Dragons

June 14, 2008
The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest lizard. Recently, a group of stranded Britons had an encounter with a Komodo dragon that was reminiscent of a dinosaur-era battle.
Many Flying Reptiles Were Carnivorous

May 31, 2008
Mighty pterosaurs may have landed and strolled about on land when it was time to dine, reports LiveScience on a study published in PLoS ONE.
Sea Reptile is Now Largest on Record

March 1, 2008
Norwegian scientists have announced the largest marine reptile known to modern science, a fossil discovered in 2006 in Norway’s far-north Svalbard islands.
Magazine Department Article
A Leg Up?

Oct. 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine
Researchers in India have discovered a lizard without limbs, and it looks virtually identical to a snake.
Magazine Article
Sea Turtles—One of Today's “Living Fossils”

July 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine
Sea turtles are intriguing to watch and study. A look at the facts reveals that they have been around for thousands (not millions) of years.
Lopsided Snakes

March 10, 2007
One of this week’s examples of “evolution” in action is Pareas iwasakii, the Japanese snake.
Snakes with Legs? A Preliminary Reply

March 20, 2000
Some preliminary thoughts about snakes with legs.
Magazine Article
A Lizard on Your Ceiling

Sept. 1, 1992, pp. 6–7
The gecko lizard can walk across your ceiling upside-down without falling off. How does it do tills? Until a few years ago scientists did not know, though they proposed several conflicting theories.