Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

The oldest known lizard has reclaimed its crown clade. A contentious fossil has been re-analyzed by paleobiologists and declared the earliest known member of the lizard-snake group. The critter at the ...

Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are among those going undetected. The post Study reveals how ...

The oldest known lizard has reclaimed its crown clade ... more closely related to crocodilians and dinosaurs," says vertebrate paleontologist Michael Benton. In a new paper, the team has taken ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Komodo dragons are an endangered species. Image by Gudkovandrey via Depositphotos. The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world, reaching up to 10 feet long. Found in Indonesia, it’s famous ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

Much of the park is unexplored, earning the park its nickname as the “Amazon of Asia,” according to Fauna & Flora, a ...

Less than a decade later, World War II swallowed Germany. The fossils were housed in the Old Academy building of the Bavarian ...

Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are making their way to northern Europe undetected among imports ...

New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, and phylogenetic relationships, revealing aspects like cannibalism and the ...