Slithering boa constrictors, vibrant leopard geckos and torpid red-footed tortoises were among thousands of animals that took ...

Alligators are among the most fascinating and mysterious reptiles on Earth, a perfect combination of ancient lineage and surprisingly complex behaviors. These predators often seem prehistoric, thanks ...

As it turns 35, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind The Silence of the Lambs… The Silence of the Lambs is one of those ...

Amphibians and reptiles are among the most vulnerable vertebrate groups to environmental perturbations, with a significant proportion already facing ...

The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest. Paleontologists have long studied its horns and frill, yet the cavernous nasal ...

In northeastern Brazil, a fossil that had quietly sat in a museum for decades has now rewritten a small part of the history of life on Earth. Scientists discovered a new species of flying reptile ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go months, or even a whole year, without a single meal.

This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it may be the earliest vertebrate herbivore ever found.

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The juvenile dinosaur is so well preserved that its individual cells can still be identified under a microscope.

“This is one of the oldest known four-legged animals to eat its veggies,” said Arjan Mann of the Field Museum in Chicago, a co-lead author of the study. “It shows that experimentation with herbivory ...

By Will Dunham Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature ...