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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...