A paleontological discovery on the Scottish Isle of Skye reveals the fossilized remains of a Jurassic reptile with a surprising physique, combining characteristics of lizards and snakes. This ...

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex skin appendages arose far earlier than previously believed. Its bird-like ...

Native to Europe, common wall lizards are growing bigger, faster, and more resilient in Ohio. Scientists say the city itself may be driving their evolution. A Lazarus lizard suns itself on a warm rock ...

Scientists in Saudi Arabia and Jordan found a “cryptic” creature with a “window” in its eyelid and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from and shared by Jiří Šmíd In the desert of Saudi ...

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. One of the ...

Scientists found a “cryptic’ creature with a “long” tail in a city park in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In a capital city of southwestern China, a ...

Discovery of Bolg amondol, a name inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, reveals the complex evolutionary history of giant Gila Monster relatives “I opened this jar of bones labeled ...