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He looks like a lizard. He walks like a lizard. It takes the sun, basks and eats like a lizard, but the tuatara is not a lizard.What is the tuatara in fact, it dates back as far as the dawn of the dinosaurs. This mysterious creature…

He looks like a lizard. He walks like a lizard. It takes the sun, basks and eats like a lizard, but the tuatara is not a lizard. What tuatara actually is dates back to the dawn of the dinosaurs. This mysterious…

From Indian leopards to New England deer, wild animals live in cities and suburbs, and protecting them - and humans - means not viewing them as things to be managed Human-induced pressures on the environment, such as climate…

NNA | Update: 06 March 2022 16:54 STI Washington March 6 (ANI): According to a new analysis of Tyrannosaurus skeletal…

WASHINGTON — A group of researchers proposes that Tyrannosaurus, the most famous of all dinosaurs and the ultimate apex predator, actually comprises three species and not just the single T. rex, based on femur and tooth variations among…

A relatively small but fearsome-looking stegosaurus measured about 2.8 meters (9 feet) from nose to tail - but scientists can't say whether the remains are those of an adult or a juvenile. A new species of one of the most recognizable types…

A new analysis of the bones and teeth of 37 T. rex specimens suggests the dinosaur may have to be grouped into three separate species - with the fearsome predator that lived 90 million at 66 million years old, potentially obtaining two…

Schmitz has been involved in the process of excavating this fossil since 2003. (Courtesy of Martin Sander) Deep in desert Fossil Hill, Nevada, Lars Schmitz was part of a team that discovered a gigantic new species of marine ichthyosaur -…

Hearts have become iconic symbols of Valentine's Day, but when it comes to hearts in the real world, one size doesn't fit all, especially in the animal kingdom. At rest, the human heart beats 60-80 times per minute, but at the same time…

Another endemic reptile species has been added to the biodiversity of Cyprus, as announced by the University of Cyprus (UCy) on Monday. According to a UCy press release, the lizard known as "kοurkoutas" in Cyprus is a distinct species…

CC BY"width="800" height="530"/> Predictions indicate that the Madagascar frog Mantella aurantiaca is likely to decline dramatically by…

Chimeras can bring things like humanoid lizards or Requintopus in mind, but you won't see anyone passing (or struggling on a beach) outside of your TV. Not all chimeras have to look like something out of a sci-fi horror…

A new investigation of a creature hailed as the world's first "four-legged snake" upon discovery has revealed that it was, in fact, just a lizard. A study published in 2015 claimed that a 120-million-year-old fossil discovered in…

Tokyo, Japan - Humans - and other mammals too - owe their noses to the evolution of reptile jaws? Well, that's the conclusion of an evolutionary study of animal skeletons and embryos by Japanese scientists - who discovered how mammals…

Last year, the first year of the pandemic, people needed so much to cheer themselves up that they clung to all kinds of wellness stories, many of which turned out to be false.There were dolphins and swans returning to the canals of Venice……

A new kind of armored vehicle dinosaur discovered in Chile had a cocked tail never seen before in any other dinosaur.About 2 m in size, the small armored dinosaur called the ankylosaurus dates back to the Late Cretaceous Period, around…

Credit: mauricio_alvarez_artA new species of dinosaur characterized by its strange weapon-shaped tail has been discovered in Chile.About two meters in size, the small armored dinosaur of the Ankylosaurus The genus dates from the late…

A dinosaur-age fossil touted as the first four-legged snake known to science might actually be an entirely different beast, according to a new study.The tiny fossil, about the length of a pencil to 7.7 inches (19.5 centimeters) long, is…

British and American tourists to the Canary Islands have sex so often in a protected dune reserve that endemic vegetation is destroyed and the island's beloved giant lizards choke on condoms, according to a new study. The Maspalomas Dunes…

British and American tourists to the Canary Islands have sex so often in a protected dune reserve that endemic vegetation is destroyed and the island's beloved giant lizards choke on condoms, according to a new study. The Maspalomas Dunes…

New research, from Mozambique, has revealed that ivory poaching led to the evolution of tuskless elephants. Decades of poaching for ivory is believed to have contributed to an increase in the number of helpless elephants, meaning…

Jackie Chan's fight scenes require such dexterity from the actor that he appears to be able to play as various agile animals. So much so that a team of scientists named an incredibly fast gecko after the movie star. And, frankly, the…

Humans are shaping environments at an accelerating rate. Indeed, one of the most important current research topics is the ability of animals to adapt to human-induced environmental changes and how this change affects the expression of…

An illustration of the new description Pendraig milnerae, the oldest known carnivorous dinosaur in the UK. Next to it are three lizard-like reptiles, known scientifically as the Clevosaurus cambrica. (Image credit: James Robbins)Hail to…

Two new early Cretaceous specimens from the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, represent distinct and novel genera and species of spinosaurids: Ceratosuchops inferodios and Riparovenator milneraeaccording to a team of…

Wildlife researcher Tejas Thackeray, the youngest son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Thursday that he, along with three of his fellow researchers, have discovered a new species of blind eel which they named…

The remains of ancient dinosaurs that roamed the earth continue to surprise scientists, and a recent fossil discovery on Britain's Isle of Wight has uncovered a new species. A recent study published in Science Reports Wednesday shared its…

A 25m-year-old eagle fossil found at a remote breeding station in South Australia's hinterland has been identified as one of the world's oldest raptor species.Paleontologists discovered the eagle fossil on the shore of a dry lake known as…

The recently discovered fossil of an animal that walked both above and possibly under the Earth has been named after a sea serpent which, according to Norse mythology, will invoke the end of the world and the rebirth that it brings. result.…

Reconstruction of Taytalura life in its natural habitat with the extinct conifer Rhexoxylon in Ischigualasto (Argentina) during the Upper Triassic, hiding from the primitive dinosaur Eodromaeus (in the background) inside the skull of a…

Hidden in barrels and loaded onto trucks, thousands of limestone slabs were to be smuggled out of Brazil in 2013. From a quarry in the country's famous Araripe Basin, they were no ordinary rocks. They contained preserved remains and…

Reconstruction of Taytalura's life in its natural habitat with the extinct conifer Rhexoxylon in Ischigualasto…

When you think of the animal you most fear encountering, for many people bears, pumas, and other large predators with sharp teeth come to mind. However, when it comes to your real…

In addition to its school bus wingspan, the creature had a three-foot-long skull with a pointy muzzle and around 40 pointy teeth.…

The dragon had quite an adventure exploring southern Minneapolis before finding his way to the Standish neighborhood, where a resident picked him up.Minnesota is home to a variety of woodland creatures - turkeys, rabbits, deer, oh my god!…

By carbon dating the remains and surrounding sediment, they discovered that mass extinction has only occurred in the past 500 years. The arrival of European settlers led to a mass extinction of 50 to 70% of the populations of snakes…

Two Ibiza wall lizards. Credit: Day's Edge Productions A new study may have discovered why…

A new study may have uncovered why wall lizards have become the most successful reptile in the Mediterranean region. The results reveal how drastic changes in sea level and climate 6 million years ago affected species formation in the…

It's one of the most daring projects in biology today - reading the entire genome of every bird, mammal, lizard, fish, and every other creature with a backbone. And now comes the first major gain from the Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP):…

With a size of only 0.53 inches (13.5 mm), this nano-chameleon (Brookesia babe) is the smallest known male of the approximately 11,500 known reptile species. Picture via Frank Glaw. A team of German-Malagasy biologists has discovered a…

In the evolutionary tree of life, the New Zealand lizard-like tuatara is on a branch all to itself.In the days of the dinosaurs, this amazing animal had many relatives all over the world, and yet now there is nothing else like it on Earth.…

A new species of fan-throated lizard has been described from the arid lands of Bagalkot district in northern Karnataka.The new species has been named 'Sitana dharwarensis' - derived from the Dharwar craton - a piece of the earth's crust…

Podarcis erhardii, the Aegean wall lizard. Credit: Colin Donihue" width="" height=""/> A male…

(Getty)Alligators are now the largest species with known abilities to regenerate their limbs, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports.Scientists from Arizona State University and the Louisiana…

A new study published in the journal Development, confirmed the transient presence of atavistic muscles - present in our ancestors, but normally absent in adult humans - during normal human embryonic development, and revealed the…

The lizard is unlike any other known from the Cretaceous and represents a new species - Indrasaurus wangi. The lizard is unlike any other known from the Cretaceous and represents a new species - Indrasaurus wangi. (Illustration by Doyle…

For the first time, researchers have identified a jawed vertebrate with four eyes. The discovery that an extinct species of monitor lizard had third and fourth eyes will give scientists new insight into the evolution of eye-like structures…

Four previously unknown species of snake-like creatures have been discovered in California - but don't call them snakes; they are legless lizards. Prior to the discovery of the new species, there was only one known species of legless…