A chance museum discovery has led paleontologists to identify a new species of ancient reptile, Sphenodraco scandentis, that ...

A chance discovery of two separated fossils has unlocked the secrets of Sphenodraco scandentis, an ancient tree-climbing ...

Scientists reveal fossil of tree-climbing reptile from Jurassic era after 90 years The fossil was first found in the 1930s in Germany’s Solnhofen limestone, famous for preserving Jurassic life.

Triassic Reptiles Traveled a 10,000-Mile-Long Dead Zone, Leading to Dinosaur Evolution Learn more about archosauromorphs, the early relatives of dinosaurs, that survived inhospitable terrain during ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

By developing a new modeling technique based on landscape reconstructions and evolutionary trees, the team of researchers have been able to discover clues about how these reptiles moved around the ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.

But the branch of the evolutionary tree that led to modern reptiles, birds and mammals, known as amniotes, developed feet with nails or claws fit for walking on hard ground.

Snakes climbing trees use significantly more force than necessary to grip, a strategy detailed in Biology Letters. This overcompensation, sometimes tr ...