Learn how anacondas are defying expectations of reptile experts by keeping their ancient body size despite drastic ...

The eggshells belonged to an extinct group of crocs, some members of which were "drop crocs" that plunged onto prey ...

When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could ...

Ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs learned to fly while their brains were small, taking a very different path from ...

Scientists say they have unearthed Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, potentially shedding light on ancient reptiles called “drop crocs.” ...

Kristi Curry Rogers receives funding from The National Science Foundation and the David B. Jones Foundation. It may be hard to imagine, but once upon a time, dinosaurs didn’t dominate their world.

_Eoraptor lunensis_ lived roughly 230 million years ago, at a time when dinosaurs were small and rare. Jordan Harris courtesy of Kristi Curry Rogers, CC BY-SA It may be hard to imagine, but once upon ...

There was a time before the dinosaurs when ancient sheep-sized reptiles thrived on Earth. While they were numerous, a new study reveals that their diets actually led to their own starvation by wearing ...

Fossils of two Triassic reptiles show severed heads and necks with bite marks, highlighting a drawback of the extremely long necks common to many ancient sea creatures. “We provide the first tangible ...

These fossils, which include teeth, bones, and remains of ancient marine reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, and sharks, come from a community that lived about 249 million years ago. The findings show ...

Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.