Crocodiles are one of evolution's great success stories. They have survived largely unchanged for over 200 million years, ...

Paleontologists working at a quarry in northern New Mexico have identified a new archosaur species that walked on two legs, ...

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A groundbreaking discovery reveals Labrujasuchus expectatus, the 'witch croc', a bipedal, beaked ancestor of crocodiles that ...

The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on the evolutionary tree. One ...

When you think of crocodiles, what comes to mind? Big jaws? Sharp teeth? A log-like body on four legs? It might surprise you, ...

In the words of Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe, that occurrence was a ‘tragic misstep’ in human evolution, making man ‘mentally over equipped’ and the size of human head ...

An identified ancient whale from New Zealand is giving paleontologists a clearer view of the early history of baleen whales.

Pterodactyls weren't just huge flying reptiles — the creatures were as tiny as a small bird, according to a fossil found in China. The fossil shows the sparrow-sized pterodactyl was toothless, fed on ...

Paleontologists have identified a bizarre ancient reptile formally named Labrujasuchus expectatus, nicknamed the “Witch Croc,” that walked upright on two legs and had a toothless beak, despite being a ...

Continuous 90-year trends of butterflies and deadwood-dependent beetles show clear mid-century declines and only partial recovery of these taxa. The declines were clearly related to agricultural ...