Ancient skin Scientists have been able to detect for the first time a clear "skin" pattern from a 50-million-year-old reptile, using non-invasive infrared and synchrotron technology. The findings are ...

The Lower Permian Richards Spur locality is the most speciose Paleozoic continental vertebrate assemblage currently known, and a significant proportion of the tetrapod diversity found at the locality ...

A new study reveals that the sleep patterns previously thought exclusive to mammals and birds - REM and slow-wave sleep patterns - are also found in reptiles. The results shake up our understanding of ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Meet Nonhlanhla Vilakazi, a paleoherpetologist based at the University of Johannesburg and the Cradle of Humankind ...

Reptiles exhibit remarkable reproductive diversity, with many species giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.

RAINFOREST HERPETOFAUNA AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION: EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION, ABUNDANCE AND MICROHABITAT RELATIONSHIPS Deforestation of tropical ecosystems is one of the major threats to ...

The skins of two slithery reptiles – the ball python and a type of lizard known as the sandfish skink – have inspired researchers to create a new kind of super-slippery biomimetic material. By etching ...

Unless you've been hiding in your closet, there's no way to miss a certain trend for spring 2011 - python prints! This raging reptile craze has caught on big time. Animal print items become trendy for ...