A newly discovered, carnivorous lizard ostensibly represents what most casual onlookers would perhaps perceive to be a ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of flying reptile, named Bakiribu waridza. The most compelling detail of the ...

Island reptiles are vanishing fast—but scientists are barely paying attention. Here's why that needs to change.

The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, plesiosaurians, and thalattosuchians, dominating food webs during the Jurassic and ...

In England, the “sword dragon” is discovered, a new species of Jurassic ichthyosaur that reveals clues about marine evolution ...

On the outskirts of a town in northeastern Brazil, a semi-aquatic predator moved along the road near a house. The chance encounter turned out to be a first-of-its-kind sighting — and confirmation of ...

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey. The team then performed computer analyses to simulate how the flipper might have ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy.