Scientists have uncovered hidden bony armor—called osteoderms—beneath the skin of 29 goanna species across Australasia, a ...

An analysis of a roughly 180-million-year-old fossil fin reveals serrations and flexibility that might have served to dampen ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of intestinal cell in pythons that helps them completely digest bones. Scientists ...

In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

CT scans of Cretaceous fossils reveal seven ancient worm species that bored into marine bones and shaped deep-sea ecosystems.

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.