Scientists recreated a life-sized oviraptor and nest to investigate how these bird-like dinosaurs hatched their eggs.

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

This week, researchers successfully reconstructed videos from the brain activity of mice. According to a new study, female birds are more likely to sing when their extended families help with ...

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue ...

A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big lump on its head preyed on man's ancestors three million years, ago, according to new research. Early humans - embodied by the iconic hominin Lucy - ...

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, ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy’s hunter, because it ...

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

Learn how fossils from Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park revealed that a Late Triassic crocodile relative may have ...

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

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 ...