Scientists discovered Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae, a tiny ancient lizard with oversized teeth, changing the story of lizard ...

How can we guess the size of an extinct animal when all that remains are a few scattered bones? A study conducted by ...

Life restoration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. (Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS An "incredible" new fossil find has revealed the dramatic evolution of flying reptiles that ...

Viviparity, the live-bearing mode of reproduction, has evolved independently in several vertebrate lineages, including squamate reptiles and seahorses. In reptiles, evolutionary transitions from ...

A tiny skull found on a beach in Devon has rewritten the early history of lizards, snakes and the tuatara, the last survivor of an ancient reptile lineage found only in New Zealand today. The new ...

MSRLSI copy gift of Dr. George R. Zug and signed by author VPAL copy gift of the author; signed by the author and inscribed for the NMNH Library "Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate ...

During the course of evolution, the mammalian cranio-mandibular secondary joint—formed by the dentary condyle and the ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating the body, and were used for courtship, display, deterrence of enemies and, ...

The pterosaurs are extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside their close relatives, the dinosaurs. The largest of these reached 10 m in wingspan, but early forms were generally limited to around 2 ...

A brand new species of ancient snake has been discovered in western Wyoming. Four specimens of the ancient species were found huddled together, revealing the secrets of the social lives of ...

An "incredible" new fossil find has revealed the dramatic evolution of flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs. The complete specimen discovered in Germany finally shows how now extinct ...