The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it ...

A study shows that turtles use both genetic signals and mechanical forces to form the scales on their heads, revealing a ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

The fossil itself was first spotted by paleontologist Joseph Sertich back in 2005. “ [I remember seeing] a bunch of scattered ...

The adaptive landscape of posture evolution in mammals and their ancestors. Living and fossil species with sprawling vs upright postures occupy different adaptive peaks.

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern ...

Despite Earth's most devastating mass extinction wiping out over 80% of marine life and half of land species, a group of ...

The skies were empty for most of Earth’s history, but then light‑boned reptiles mastered powered flight roughly ...

Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

Mr. Iguana has hinted at WWE’s big plans for him. The AAA star competed in a six-man tag team match at WWE Worlds Collide last Saturday in Los Angeles, with the ...

A fossil found in Utah two decades ago now gives researchers a better understanding of what Utah's ecosystem looked like 76 million years ago.