Fossil CSI: Giant extinct marine reptile graveyard was likely ancient birthing grounds
Today's marine giants -- such as blue and humpback whales -- routinely make massive migrations across the ocean to breed and give birth in waters where…
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Changes in the tree canopy facilitated the evolution of the first-ever gliding reptile: There are…
Researchers have run through near-perfect fossils of the World's first gliding reptile with a fine-toothed comb and untangled hitherto unknown facets to…
Global Warming Triggered Reptile Boom Millions of Years Ago: Says Study
Two of the largest mass extinction of species on Earth took place at the end of the Permian geologic period. Such was the magnitude that 86% of all the…
A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil — ScienceDaily
In a new study published in PeerJ -- Reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil resulted in the description…
One in five reptile species threatened with extinction
More than one in five of the world’s reptile species are threatened with extinction, researchers have determined in a new paper that marks the culmination…