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

A new species of ancient lizard is discovered in Utah. The lizard, named Bolg amondol, lived 75 million years ago. It was ...

He also wrote about his expeditions in the Gobi for the museum, and in a series of best-selling books. The key location for dinosaur fossils in ... rises up out of the desert.

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

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

Learn more about Bolg amondol, the large prehistoric lizard named after a character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

A newly discovered raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian lizard from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah reveals a surprising ...

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

The creature is dubbed Bolg amondol — a name taken from the name of a goblin prince in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and a ...

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis forms the 'missing link' between the smaller early tyrannosaurs and the T-rex, scientists say.

Discovery leads to revised tyrannosaur family tree, shedding light on T. rex's ancestry.

A reexamination of fossils found in Mongolia has revealed a previously unknown “missing link” species that led to dinosaurs ...