Scientists found a 247-million-year-old reptile, Mirasaura grauvogeli, with a feather-like crest that lived in trees.

“Mirasaura lived in trees in one of the first forests that emerged after the great mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic ...

Some fossils are truly breathtaking. While paleontologists are used to finding scraps of bones, broken teeth and hazy ...

By revisiting a fossil unearthed decades ago, paleontologists identified a new type of modified skin jutting out from the ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

The Barbados threadsnake was previously featured on a list of 4,800 plant, animal and fungi species described as ‘lost to ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

A study of a fossilized pterosaur from China has confirmed that some of these prehistoric creatures had a surprisingly varied ...

When a pet water monitor got loose from its home in Webster, it put reptiles in the spotlight once more, along with a mission to sort fact from fiction.

An animal welfare group is asking Cabarrus Arena & Events Center to stop hosting an expo of reptiles and other exotic pets, citing disease concerns. An open letter from Ben Williamson, U.S ...

A group of hissing, shelled and scaled reptiles crawled over to the Waldorf West Library — and local children were more than happy to greet them. On July 25, approximately 100 children, ages 6 ...

An international animal welfare group warns people to avoid a weekend event in central Iowa that features a wide array of lizards, snakes, spiders and other exotic creatures. Ben Williamson ...