The discovery of a prehistoric tail-shedding reptile reveals more about large lizard life and lineage during the Late ...

Julie Watson In last month’s column (April Showers bring Vernal Pools) we talked a lot about Ohio’s native amphibians (frogs, toads, and salamanders). This month I want to talk about Ohio’s ...

Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that soared the skies during the entire Mesozoic Era, from the late Triassic (about 228 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (66 million years ago). While ...

Squamates—the reptile group including lizards and snakes—have an evolutionary history dating back to the Middle Triassic period, roughly 240 million years ago. By the Jurassic period, lizards had ...

While they look very much like lizards they are in fact a distinct lineage. They were more diverse than the ancestors of modern lizards during the Triassic, performing similar ecological roles that ...

The Painted Desert in northern Arizona is a mesmerizing landscape of vibrant badlands stretching across the Colorado Plateau. Its striking reds, purples, and oranges come from layered sedimentary ...

Dinosaurs only started to live large after a mass extinction altered the planet in their favor. Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0. Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs.

Of all the geological periods, the Triassic was the most fabulous In 50m years it spawned dinosaurs, seafood, geopolitics—and our distant ancestors Illustration: Armando Veve ...

A remarkable reptile-like creature with an unusual jaw that lived more than 200 million years ago has been described as a new species. Evidence of the species, Threordatoth chasmatos, was ...

According to Dr. Luke Meade, the lead researcher, Threordatoth likely resembled today’s horned lizards, with bony spikes on its head and possibly some body armor.

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.