Reptile

A team of paleontologists has unearthed the oldest known fossilized reptile skin, dating back 289 million years. The small patch of skin, found in the Richards Spur cave in Oklahoma, provides unprecedented insight into the early…

A study of NASA’s Mars rover images has raised intriguing possibilities about extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. Ohio University Professor William Romoser has identified what he believes to be insect- and reptile-like…

Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on with its day.Nearly 300 million years later, that brief rest has yielded the world's earliest known fossilized…

A remarkable new species of marine reptile, known as the “sword dragon,” has been discovered along England’s Jurassic Coast. This unique ichthyosaur, named Xiphodracon goldencapensis, lived about 190 million years ago during the Early…