How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A ...

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

This documentary examines the rise of one of the most heavily armored dinosaurs ever to walk the Earth. It explores how this herbivore developed powerful defenses, from thickened armor plates to a ...

As I prepare to spend countless hours in Pokopia in the 2026, I would love a mini set of Pokémon cards that share its ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

Known to science as Iguana delicatissima (as in Latin for “most delicate”, not delicatessen, you hungry hungry humans), ...

Lizards possess a remarkable survival strategy where their tails detach and continue to wriggle, distracting predators and allowing the lizard to escape. This ability, controlled by nerves within the ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

The first step for novices, Tan says, is simply to get outside and look around. You can start by taking note of the birds you ...

The first step for novices, Tan says, is simply to get outside and look around. You can start by taking note of the birds you ...

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.