These reptiles were only 8 inches in length with small sharp teeth, which led scientists to believe that the Hylonomus should look pretty similar to our modern-day lizards, like Skinks ...

"This is one of the most diverse marine faunas seen anywhere, at any time in history, and it existed just before the marine reptiles and the dinosaurs went extinct," Dr Longrich said. Both the ...

The Florida Keys mole skink is one of the rarest and most mysterious of Florida natives. This small, five-inch-long lizard has shiny, armor-like scales, a pinkish-red tail and a brown body. It's a ...

Once dinosaurs were thought of as scaled-up lizards, but now they’re regarded very differently. Paul says, “dinosaurs have always sparked the imagination, but our views on these spectacular animals ...

Our brief introduction to dinosaurs reveals a key feature that gave them an advantage over other prehistoric reptiles. Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that dominated the land for over 140 million ...

Reptiles have dry, scaly skin like this snake. Reptiles look a lot like dinosaurs. In fact, dinosaurs were reptiles. Not all reptiles have four legs and look like a dinosaur. Some have no legs ...

What They Are & Why They're So Important From their long, swirling tongues to their quick, erratic movements, you may be ...

Reptiles first appear in the fossil record 315 million years ago and were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic era, which lasted for 270 million years until the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The abundant food from the mast has caused a population explosion in mice, stoats and other mammalian predators who all ...