Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...

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

Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today’s winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans typically handle the ...

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

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

The first documented Western Diamondback from Denton County joins UTA’s ARDRC, filling a key gap in Texas records ...

A 410-million-year-old lungfish fossil from China reveals a key link, offering new insight into how early vertebrates ...

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

A new fossil study reveals that giant anacondas achieved their immense size around 12.4 million years ago, a dimension they have largely maintained ever since. This enduring gigantism was enabled by ...