The Triassic period marked a chaotic chapter in Earth’s history following the planet’s largest mass extinction. This ...

Paleontologists have found a fossilized pterosaur precursor with gnarly, scimitar-like claws and a beak, indicating that the reptilian group it belongs to was more diverse than previously thought. The ...

The tuatara, a reptile native to New Zealand, looks like a lizard but belongs to a completely different evolutionary branch. A study published in Nature in 2020 revealed that tuataras have one of the ...

(CNN) — An unusual ancient marine reptile may have gulped down tons of shrimplike prey using a feeding technique similar to one used by some modern whales. (CNN) — An unusual ancient marine reptile ...

Scientists in China found a 1-foot reptile with “blood-red” eyes in an “extremely rare” sighting of a wild albino snake, a study said. Photo from yue su via Unsplash In the mountains of southeastern ...

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In the mountains of southeastern China, an unusual reptile with “blood-red” eyes maneuvered through the landscape. Maybe it was searching for a meal or a mate. But the 1-foot-long creature caught the ...