New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. One of the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A College of Charleston student found the skeleton of a large sea lizard, and the condition of the fossil is considered to be “extraordinary.” In May, rising senior and ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of ...

Scientists discovered fossilized reptile skin in an Oklahoma cave, revealing the oldest known example dating back nearly 300 million years.

Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol, depicted raiding an oviraptorosaur dinosaur nest amidst the lush Kaiparowits Formation habitat. For 20 years, the remains of a giant lizard that lived ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

Fossil evidence suggests that an enormous lizard once dominated prehistoric landscapes, surpassing all modern reptiles in ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

“Someone in the 1930s decided to double their profit by selling both halves separately,” PhD study Victor Beccari said in a news release. Screen grab of Facebook photo shared by Gabriel Ugueto Art.

Maria McNamara receives funding from the European Research Council and Research Ireland. A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.