More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

Scientists discovered a crocodile relative that is 200 million years old and had two legs. The diversity of reptiles during the Triassic period is shown by this discovery, which is long before ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a ...

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

Evolution sometimes produces animals that look strikingly similar even when they are not closely related. This process, known ...

Scientists have unearthed a "peculiar" ancient crocodile that walked on two legs – after beginning its life on four. Named Sonselasuchus cedrus, the creature roamed the Earth during the Late Triassic ...

Every animal on Earth is part of a relentless race where survival depends on being faster, stronger, smarter, or better ...

Get close to the prehistoric reptiles that returned from near extinction to become an emblem of conservation in south Florida ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...

Researchers believe these creatures started out on four legs and later began walking on two legs as they grew.

When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...