A new species of ancient reptile has been named after spending more than 200 million years buried in the ground. Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of the procolophonids, a group of ...

The tuatara, a reptile native to New Zealand, looks like a lizard but belongs to a completely different evolutionary branch. A study published in Nature in 2020 revealed that tuataras have one of the ...

(CNN) — An unusual ancient marine reptile may have gulped down tons of shrimplike prey using a feeding technique similar to one used by some modern whales. (CNN) — An unusual ancient marine reptile ...

Hundreds of new species were discovered in 2025, with over 850 new marine species documented and many more described by scientists worldwide. Even so, each discovery of an animal previously unknown to ...

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 often evoke images of cold-blooded stillness, but in the wild, many of these creatures are anything but ordinary. Some can sprint across water, others glide through treetops like dragons, and ...

In the mountains of southeastern China, an unusual reptile with “blood-red” eyes maneuvered through the landscape. Maybe it was searching for a meal or a mate. But the 1-foot-long creature caught the ...

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(CNN) — An unusual ancient marine reptile may have gulped down tons of shrimplike prey using a feeding technique similar to one used by some modern whales. The reptile, named Hupehsuchus nanchangensis ...