Paleontologists have found a fossilized pterosaur precursor with gnarly, scimitar-like claws and a beak, indicating that the reptilian group it belongs to was more diverse than previously thought. The ...

Reptiles as we know them today may have evolved about 30 million years earlier than we initially assumed, new footprints reveal. According to a study published Wednesday (May 14) in the journal Nature ...

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon. When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor - a lizard ...

This image provided by Prof. Per Erik Ahlberg shows an artist's illustration of the possible appearance of a reptile-like creature that lived around 350 million years ago in what's now Australia. The ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Reptiles are headed to Knoxville over the weekend for a traveling event that showcases all their scales, claws and tails — Repticon. It will be on July 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and ...

A young Ornate Nile Monitor supposedly left behind by the former tenants in an Alameda, Calif., residence looks out of a ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptilelike animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists in Australia ...