Rare Lizard Fossil Provides Important Clues on How Fossils Stay Preserved for Millions of Years
Researchers at the University of Bonn are investigating the conservation status of the reptile, which is up to 20 million years old. The tiny forefoot…
Researchers at the University of Bonn are investigating the conservation status of the reptile, which is up to 20 million years old. The tiny forefoot…
For more than a century, scientists have understood that natural selection has profound effects on how an animal looks. Anole lizards that spend more time…
Paleontologists discovered the fossil remains of a giant lizard, Barbaturex morrisoni, which coexisted with mammals in the hot tropical forests of Southeast Asia some 40…
A newly published study details the mass extinction of lizards and snakes that occurred after an asteroid struck the Earth 65.5 million years ago, finding…
A team of scientists, encouraged by a handful of sightings, traveled to Mindo looking for a lizard once thought to be close to extinction –…
Scientists have confirmed that there have been no sightings of the copper striped blue-tailed skink in the Hawaiian Islands since the 1960s and are now…
Four new species of leaf chameleons were discovered by researchers in the jungles of northern Madagascar, rank among the world’s tiniest reptiles. Adults of the…
Leaping lizards have a message for robots: Get a tail! University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers – including undergraduate and graduate students – studied…