While dinosaurs roamed the land, plesiosaurs were the rulers of the seas for millions of years.  Plesiosaurs were ...

Sojin Hwang: The creature designs can be influenced by a blend of mythical and real animals, drawing inspiration from ...

In order to make sense of the evolutionary changes in posture, our researchers took a closer look at some modern analogs, including the sprawled tegu lizard, semi-upright ... understanding of how an ...

Animals have adapted their movements to suit their environments. On land, animals typically use legs, wings, or slithering ...

Tegus are better able to withstand cold than most lizards. They have the ability to raise their body temperature 50 degrees above the current temperature.

Endangered green sea turtles lay eggs on Loosiep island in the Federated States of Micronesia, but nests have been heavily predated on by pigs, rats and lizards. A community-led project aims to ...

Q. Why are there so many lizards this year? I’ve never seen so many before! It’s possible that you are seeing more lizards because their normal hiding places have been disturbed. For instance ...

Named Gondwanax paraisensis, opens new tab, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg ...

The region is “biodiversity rich but poorly studied.” During the nighttime surveys, researchers found a pair of sleeping lizards on tree branches, the study said. They took a closer look at ...

SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil - Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world’s oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years that ...

The attendants of the patients were standing at a distance from the man, fearing that if the reptile came off the man's hand, anything could happen. A man was seen holding Prakash's hand and ...

Fossil of New Reptile Species Found in Brazil Sheds Light on Rise of Dinosaurs By Sergio Queiroz and Diego Vara SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil (Reuters) -Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery ...