When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes.

On a remote part of the Isle of Skye, a remarkable fossil discovery has the potential to reshape our understanding of ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of ...

The announcement of Breugnathair elgolensis is the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work, after an international ...

Scientists have discovered a 167-million-year-old reptile on Scotland's Isle of Skye that appears to be a lizard and snake ...

Scientists were left stunned by the hook-toothed, 167-million-year-old fossil which blends reptile characteristics.

Nowadays, dinosaurs are widely portrayed as animated, fictional characters in books and movies! In reality, these reptiles appeared on Earth between 230–245 million years ago, depending on which ...

The loss of any species poses a threat to biodiversity and thus the entire ecosystem. As every native organism has its place ...

Experts have unearthed a new species of Jurassic reptile on the west coast of Scotland. The fossil belonged to a previously unknown reptile that roamed the Earth about 167 million years ago and is ...

Instagram blew up on Tuesday after Cydney Moreau, Antonio Brown’s baby's mother, posted photos of a huge 10-foot-5-inch alligator she hunted. She posted solo and group pics with her hunting team.

For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of ...

A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the ancient predecessor to the ...