Named after a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit," Bolg amondol was identified from tiny pieces of skull, limbs, ...

Fossils described in a new study speak to a previously unknown large-bodied lizard diversity that existed alongside dinosaurs ...

Scientists confirmed a new dinosaur-era lizard discovered in Utah, nearly two decades after it was excavated and placed in ...

When Hank Woolley cracked open a jar labeled simply “lizard,” he didn’t expect to meet a monster. Inside, stored for years in ...

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.

Size comparison between the holotype specimen of Bolg amondol and a modern Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, right). Gold: preserved skeletal elements. Light gray: reconstructed elements. Dark gray: ...

Hank Woolley was visiting the Natural History Museum of Utah one day when he stumbled across a jar labeled “lizard.” Inside was a 76-million-year-old fossil that paleontologists had uncovered ...

An unexpected fossil find in a museum drawer has unveiled a new species of lizard with a name fit for Tolkien’s universe, ...

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

The discovery of a prehistoric tail-shedding reptile reveals more about large lizard life and lineage during the Late ...