Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on ...

A giant ancient lizard covered in thick armor and spikes has been discovered by scientists in Australia. The turtle-like creature is "one of the most bizarre lizards found in recent times," said the ...

n artist's interpretation of a large crocodile-like creature An artist's interpretation of a large crocodile-like creature swimming underwater An extinct, 250 million-year-old marine reptile that was ...

This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...

A newly identified armored monstersaurian lizard roamed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah during the Age of Dinosaurs. About the size of a raccoon, this large lizard was an ancestor ...

Discovery of Bolg amondol, a name inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, reveals the complex evolutionary history of giant Gila Monster relatives “I opened this jar of bones labeled ...

The newly discovered species, Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis, grew to around 5 feet long and was covered in bony scales called osteoderms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...