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

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 ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

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 ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Unlike earlier fossils, this new find near the Bavarian town of Solnhofen contained delicate wing impressions, clear proof that extinct reptiles could fly. Even with more than a thousand pterosaur ...

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 ...

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 ...