Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

University Of Edinburgh/Todd MarshallIllustration of an extinct marine ichthyosaur reptile on the hunt. When researchers in ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas ... rex. Pterodactyls are flying reptiles that ...

A remarkable fossil of a dolphin-like marine reptile, the ichthyosaur fossil, originating from the North Canterbury area in ...

The Center outdid itself in protecting these amazing creatures in 2012, when we made the biggest-ever move to protect amphibians and reptiles in the United States, filing a mega-petition requesting ...

Herbivore or Carnivore? A Toolbox for the Study of Extinct Reptiles Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did ...

reptiles, amphibians, fish, even insects. Extinction rates today are hundreds—perhaps thousands—of times higher than the background rate. They’re so high that scientists say we’re on the ...

Some other non-dinosaur reptiles are also archosaurs, including pterosaurs (the now-extinct flying reptiles) and modern crocodiles and their ancestors. These and many other types of ancient reptiles ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed ... survive the cold conditions after the asteroid strike than many reptiles. This is because like mammals, birds are also warm-blooded ...