3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

When we tested the three-legged lizards’ athletic performance, the results defied expectations. Some animals were clearly impaired in their sprinting capabilities, but others actually ran faster than ...
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Mix-and-match fossils tell the tale of snake and lizard evolution

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

167-Million-Year-Old Lizard With Snake-Like Jaws Puzzles Scientists

Scientists have discovered a strange Jurassic lizard on Scotland’s Isle of Skye that’s blurring the boundaries between snakes ...

Scientists stunned as major project in beloved nature area shows immediate results: 'A real pleasant surprise'

According to Forestry England, the New Forest is one of the most biodiverse landscapes in Europe and is an "internationally ...

Jurassic reptile fossil discovery blurs the line between snake and lizard

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of ...

Freaky Jurassic Reptile Is a Weird Mix of Snake and Lizard

When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes.

Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard

The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists ...