A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

Two recently discovered specimens reveal some never-before-seen features. The first is a juvenile, estimated to be about two ...

A once-rare reptile is making a remarkable comeback in East Devon in the United Kingdom. Smooth snakes — secretive, non-venomous reptiles once pushed to the brink by ongoing habitat loss — are ...

When too much of it builds up, it can crystallize painfully in our joints, causing gout, or solidify into kidney stones. In ...

Crystals "peed" by snakes could hold the key to treating kidney stones and gout in humans, say scientists. Researchers ...

Reptiles produce crystal "pee," which, in humans, would cause gout or kidney stones. But this seems to be working out great ...

For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an ...

New tool predicts future wildlife threats. It shows reptiles may need conservation more than amphibians in coming decades.

Researchers publishing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society investigated the solid urine of more than 20 reptile ...

Unless you've owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them "pee" crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of ...

British paleontologists recently identified Xiphodragon goldencapensis, a new ichthyosaur species. The skeleton was found on ...

Reptiles could overtake amphibians as the highest priority for conservation among vertebrates as threats like climate change ...