Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

A newly discovered armored lizard that lived alongside dinosaurs has been named after a villain from Tolkien’s "The Hobbit." Bolg amondol was a "goblin prince" among dinosaurs around 78 million years ...

A recent study published in Royal Society Open Science confirmed that the 205-million-year-old fossil named Cryptovaranoides Microlanius is the oldest known modern lizard, reshaping the timeline of ...

Biologists have long regarded the bony plates found in some lizards as an ancient legacy, passed down and occasionally lost.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For 20 years, the remains of a giant lizard that lived alongside ...

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

It turns out Jim Morrison wasn’t the first Lizard King. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor who studied a reptile that roamed the tropical forests of Southeast Asia 40 million years ago has ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. The tiny skeleton, unearthed from Triassic-aged rocks in a quarry near Bristol, is ...

Rendered CT scan of Heloderma horridum and a skull of the modern monstersaur Heloderma horridum. (Dr. Hank Woolley via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A newly discovered armored lizard that lived alongside ...