An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

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

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

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

For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, ...

Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

Fossil Hunters Discover Earliest Known Footprints of a Reptile-Like Creature, Pushing Back the Timeline of Their Evolution A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by ...