Two baby pterosaur fossils contain rare evidence of how they died 150 million years ago — and the specimens solve a larger ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate ...

The final resting place for dozens of massive prehistoric marine reptiles lies in what's now Nevada's Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. But why the ichthyosaurs died in such large numbers at this one ...

Although the modern-day platypus may seem like a real oddball of an animal, it turns out that a prehistoric reptile had some of the same key features. Like the platypus (which is a mammal, albeit one ...

The investigation into the 150-million-year-old deaths has overturned centuries-old beliefs about the remarkable Solnhofen ...

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 ...

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 ...