A new fossil discovery suggests that reptiles lived together 20 million years earlier than previously thought.

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

“We know so little about mammals from this time period, their fossils are exceptionally rare,” study co-author Elsa Panciroli said in the release. “This exciting discovery not only enriches our ...

Mike Trask died on May 15, eight days before the publication of the peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology about Traskasaura sandrae, named in his honour.

A newly discovered velvet worm species is the first ever found in South Africa's arid Karoo region. In March 2022, ...

The findings confirm that communal living among land-living reptiles happened further back in time than we thought ...

This primitive, 85-million-year-old marine reptile was a fierce predator, measuring 12 meters in length. Unlike any known ...

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

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than scientists first thought.

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the ...

A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa.