Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by ...

New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than ...

One of the most impactful stories in evolution is getting a rewrite, thanks to the exciting discovery of the earliest known ...

A gharial is a peculiar creature with an unusual appearance and unique “snoring” sound it makes even while it’s awake!

After a challenging medical journey and months of expert care, a beloved longtime resident of the Houston Zoo has made a ...

A cute and crawly kingsnake with two heads is chowing on mice and chilling with its keepers at the East Bay Vivarium in ...

An Arizona homeowner's discovery of a rattlesnake exhibiting an unusual color pattern left some snake experts rather amazed.

Marmoretta is a stem lepidosaur, an early relative of the group containing all lizards and snakes as well as an unusual reptile known as the tuatara. Lepidosaurs are one of the two main reptile ...

NCpedia states that, until the early 1940s, the colors of the University of North Carolina - blue and white - were generally accepted as the state's unofficial colors. In 1945, the State Colors bill ...

Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in rivers. Triceratops used h ...

The extinct Malleodectidae family of carnivorous marsupials has become a little bit bigger with the addition of a newly ...