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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Gila monster apparently was named for sightings near the Gila River - and because its appearance brought to mind a monster. Contact reporter Doug Kreutz at [email protected] or at 573-4192.

Discovery of Bolg amondol, a name inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, reveals the complex evolutionary history of giant Gila Monster relatives “I opened this jar of bones ...