A 49-foot prehistoric snake, Vasuki indicus, has been discovered in India, rewriting our understanding of ancient reptiles.

“There are so many amazing ‘firsts’ preserved in these duck-billed mummies,” said Sereno. “The earliest hooves documented in ...

For the first time, scientists have uncovered direct evidence of what prehistoric flying reptiles, known as pterosaurs, ...

Researchers reveal that a 66-million-year-old “dinosaur mummy” wasn’t preserved skin but a thin clay film that perfectly ...

Paleontologists have finally solved the mystery behind an elusive “sword dragon” skeleton found on the U.K.’s Jurassic Coast.

New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors.

The feeding took place at the end of a tour at the charming Turtle Conservancy in Ojai, which is home to some 550 turtles.

Its unique anatomy singles it out as belonging to a new, previously unrecognized family of crocodyliforms endemic to the ...

A long-snouted ichthyosaur fossil found on England’s Jurassic Coast fills a missing chapter in marine reptile evolution. (CREDIT: Bob Nicholls / University of Manchester) A fossil found over two ...

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...

Jurassic ‘sword dragon’ prehistoric reptile. Credit: Dean R. Lomax / CC BY 4.0 Scientists have identified a rare species of ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile, from a nearly complete skeleton ...

A near-complete skeleton found on UK's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur - a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans. The ...