Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species ...

Sometimes it's hard to imagine what the Earth was like when massive beasts like the Tyrannosaurus rex freely roamed the land, but it can be even harder to go all the way to a time before dinosaurs ...

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in fossils found in England, according to ...

A remarkable fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, unearthed on Scotland's Isle of Skye, offers crucial insights into snake ...

Scientists discovered a 167-million-year-old lizard fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, that has snake-like jaws and teeth but a ...

Chinese scientists discover Diploderma bifluviale, a new mountain lizard species in Sichuan’s Dadu River Valley, marking ...

An Orange County scientist says he helped discover four new species of California legless lizard, evolutionary curiosities that look a lot like snakes but with a major difference. They blink. The ...

It wouldn't have been the easiest way to get around. A University of Alberta paleontologist has helped discover the existence of a 95 million-year-old snakelike marine animal, a finding that provides ...