Baby pterosaurs were overachievers from birth. A paper published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B argues that the prehistoric reptiles could fly immediately after birth -- something ...

Discovery sheds light on the tuatara, the last living member of a once-diverse group of reptiles that has almost entirely been supplanted by lizards “What’s important about the tuatara is that it ...

This documentary walks through the entire prehistoric timeline of North America, showcasing ancient seas, early reptiles, massive dinosaurs, and the ice age giants that followed. Each era brings new ...

Imagine a planet where giant beast creatures ruled, owned the television and radio broadcasts, and covered the oceans. Hundreds of millions of years earlier than the arrival of the very first human ...

An 11-year-old girl on a fossil hunt with her father uncovered a chunk of jawbone, leading paleontologists to later identify the bones as belonging to a previously unknown titan of the prehistoric ...

A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim ...

A landowner in Argentina’s Neuquén province reported the discovery of fossilized remains Authorities confirmed the find as an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile Crews worked with cultural ...

Dim-witted dope or brainy brawn? The debate over T. Rex's smarts continues, with a recent paper leaning toward the original theory that these fearsome giants weren't all that bright. "The possibility ...

New York, USA: An international exhibition in New York explores the fascinating world of prehistoric flying reptiles, the pterosaurs that ruled the skies when dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of ...

Baby pterosaurs were overachievers from birth. A paper published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B argues that the prehistoric reptiles could fly immediately after birth — something that ...

Credit information: Julius Csotonyi for the Smithsonian Institution. Note to editors: Photos of the new reptile fossil, an artist’s reconstruction of the new species in life and a 3D model of the new ...