A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

When they first originated, they were just small, two-legged carnivores overshadowed by a diverse array of other reptiles. How did they come to rule? My colleagues and I recently studied the ...

It shows that the environment was dominated by early reptiles known as rhynchosaurs, as well as animals closely related to mammalian origins called cynodonts. Prof Paul Barrett is a dinosaur ...

The earliest known turtles date from 220 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes or crocodiles. Of the many species alive ...

In time, the earliest reptiles appeared. Identified from remains found inside fossilized Carboniferous tree stumps, they were small, agile, lizard-like animals. Africa collided with eastern North ...

The first corals appeared, though other reef-building organisms were already present. Giant reptiles such as the dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs and the long-necked and paddle-finned plesiosaurs ...