Scientists have long wondered how mammals, including humans, evolved to walk with their legs under their bodies instead of ...

The sprawling-upright transition across mammal evolution, showing changes in posture and limb bone shape. Magdalen Mercado, ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

COLOMBO – During the Ice Ages, there was a decrease in global sea levels, creating a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India, ...

I just returned home from an adventure in Ecuador, the highlight was two weeks on a boat exploring the Galápagos Islands. As ...

Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their footprints yield a major discovery. The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution ...