Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...

Discovered in a quarry near Bristol, this 205-million-year-old fossil is the oldest modern-type lizard ever found. This ancient lizard was a fearsome predator in its time. In the original 2022 ...

A short movie explores 3D scans of some of the mid-Cretaceous lizards found trapped in amber. (courtesy of Daza et al., Science Advances) Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...

The oldest evidence of a two-headed animal is a good 120 million years old. The fossil of this ancient lizard discovered in 2007 proves that animals with multiple heads are an ancient phenomenon.

Less than 10 fossils of the lizard-like species have been identified globally. Experts say the discovery may "rewrite the evolution of amphibians in Australia". It was a broken garden wall at his ...

Found only in the forests of Borneo, this unique lizard stands out due to its ancient appearance and distinct lack of external ears. Its evolutionary history positions it as a “living fossil ...

These small, lizard-like animals belong to a group called ... These deposits, which include Cromhall, formed when the remains of ancient wildlife fell into rocky crevices which were then covered ...

"The ancient DNA sequence placed these species in ... They found that more than half (54%) of the Caribbean forest lizard species they discovered are threatened with extinction, which compares ...