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Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...
This ancient reptile’s jawbone was unearthed in Arizona in 2011 and was confirmed to be a new species with the aid of modern ...
In a world where we often associate reptiles with massive snakes, giant lizards, or hefty crocodiles, it's easy to overlook the other end of the spectrum– species so tiny they can comfortably ...
A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa. It's the first time that the Procolophon trigoniceps, which lived in the ...
In honor of World Turtle Day on Friday, Eversource is giving New Hampshire a glimpse of the reptiles and amphibians that power crews often encounter throughout the state.
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. Previously the earliest known reptile footprints, found ...
How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal ...
The reptile that left the Australian footprints lived during the Carboniferous Period, a time when global temperatures were similar to today's, with ice at Earth's poles but a warm equatorial region.
Curious reptile lovers and fans of these often-misunderstood cold-blooded creatures can slither down to the indoor zoo Monday through Friday from noon to 8 p.m.
A recent global review found that more than 20% of reptile species were in decline and at risk of extinction. This is similar to the percentage of threatened mammals, amphibians and birds.
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.
When it comes to humanely killing Florida's nonnative reptiles, like iguanas and Burmese pythons, it's all about hitting the mark. In the case of these reptiles that means the brain. Last week ...