A 240-million-year-old fossil has been identified as the “mother of all lizards”, the ancestor of today’s lizards and snakes. Despite its name, Megachirella wachtleri was actually quite a small ...

The first lizards were a hardy bunch, it seems. Based on a small fossil found in the Italian Alps, these ancient reptiles appear to have survived a mass extinction that wiped out more than 90 per cent ...

Here's a fact you should know about the world in which you live: It's home to more kinds of scaly reptiles than all the mammal families combined. The reptile order Squamata, which includes snakes, ...

Scientists may now have a better understanding of what the world's first lizards looked like. A newly studied fossil specimen is being hailed by researchers as the “mother of all lizards” because it's ...

Move over Godzilla. There's a new "mother of all lizards" in town. Known as Megachirella wachtleri, this ancient lizard is the direct ancestor of 10,000 current species of reptiles (including lizards ...

A finger-sized fossilized creature found in the Italian Alps is the earliest lizard ever discovered, a new study suggests, filling a longtime gap in the fossil record and in the reptile family tree.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Here’s a fact you should know about the world in which you live: It’s home to more kinds of scaly reptiles than all the mammal families combined. The reptile ...