Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences ...

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American ...

Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways. A turning point in their evolution was the development ...

The findings challenge conventional views on upper jaw evolution. Traditionally, it was believed that mammalian jaw bones were directly inherited from reptiles. However, the results strongly ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

"Our findings challenge conventional views on upper jaw evolution," the researchers said in a statement. Compared with our distant cousins the reptiles, the faces of mammals are made more complex ...

Herbivore or Carnivore? A Toolbox for the Study of Extinct Reptiles Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did ...