244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System
An exquisitely preserved specimen of Austronaga minuta, a small, long-necked marine reptile from the Triassic of China, contains…
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest…
Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution
Today, lepidosaurs — the reptile group that includes lizards, snakes and New Zealand’s tuatara — are among the…
83-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in…
New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur — an extinct lineage of…
Museum Fossil Reveals Triassic Crocodile Cousin with Powerful Jaws
CT scans of a decades-old specimen from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History show a new species…
World’s rarest lizards were on the brink of extinction until New Zealand conservationists stepped in
By Ruth Wright with AP Published on 14/04/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Every single Alborn skink believed to be alive today is…
Permian Fossil is Earliest Evidence of Rib-Powered Breathing
Paleontologists have examined 289-million-year-old specimens of the early reptile Captorhinus aguti that preserve a covering of three-dimensional skin,…
Panic on Kakkanad road as giant 10-foot Python appears; Elderly man grabs tail, sacks it | WATCH
News Desk Last Updated: 05 Mar 2026, 11:01 am IST Forest department officials arrived later that night and…
Crocodile spotted in suburban Newcastle creek captured
Reptile experts from a NSW wildlife park have successfully captured a freshwater crocodile a day after it was…
Early Long-Necked Marine Reptile Unearthed in China
The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team led by…
Snakes Filmed ‘Wiping’ Poison Off Frogs Before Eating Them Alive
In the Colombian Amazon, ten snakes were given a meal that could kill them. Researchers offered royal ground…