Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New Zealand's living tuatara. A team of scientists describe the new species ...

Discovery sheds light on the tuatara, the last living member of a once-diverse group of reptiles that has almost entirely been supplanted by lizards “What’s important about the tuatara is that it ...

Some 247 million years ago, a bizarre, six-inch-long reptile crept down a branch, its prehensile tail and feet clutching the bark like a monkey, and its narrow, birdlike face scanning its surroundings ...

A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim ...

An 11-year-old girl on a fossil hunt with her father uncovered a chunk of jawbone, leading paleontologists to later identify the bones as belonging to a previously unknown titan of the prehistoric ...

Scientists examined two Kunpengopterus sinensis specimens. The green arrows indicate the pellets and the yellow arrows indicate the isolated fish scales. Jiang et al., Philosophical Transactions of ...

Imagine a planet where giant beast creatures ruled, owned the television and radio broadcasts, and covered the oceans. Hundreds of millions of years earlier than the arrival of the very first human ...

A landowner in Argentina’s Neuquén province reported the discovery of fossilized remains Authorities confirmed the find as an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile Crews worked with cultural ...

New York, USA: An international exhibition in New York explores the fascinating world of prehistoric flying reptiles, the pterosaurs that ruled the skies when dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of ...

The discovery suggests that long necks, which helped some prehistoric reptiles catch food, were tempting targets for predators. By Asher Elbein In 1830, Henry De la Beche, an English paleontologist, ...

Pay tribute to our favorite reptiles with trivia, books and much more. Alert the little paleontologist in your household: It will soon be International Dinosaur Day! Though the big day takes place on ...