An unexpected fossil find in a museum drawer has unveiled a new species of lizard with a name fit for Tolkien’s universe, ...

SEE THE VIDEO: Alligator Creek has lived up to its reptile name after a family found a baby freshwater crocodile sitting at the bottom of their backyard pool. Rhys Brimeslow went to go for a ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila ...

For years, these amphibians and reptiles were mainly known by their scientific or English names which meant little to the communities where many of them were found. Now, thanks to a multilingual ...

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern ...

The 36 well-preserved cervical vertebrae and 50 neck bones indicate that Traskasaura had a very long neck. While not much is known about its behavior, the “fascinating and long list of autapomorphic ...

Learn more about Bolg amondol, the large prehistoric lizard named after a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

A raccoon-sized armored lizard has been identified through the fossilized remains found in Southern Utah. The discovery ...

The creature is dubbed Bolg amondol — a name taken from the name of a goblin prince in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and a ...

A two-foot-long Goyra, commonly referred to as the Indian monitor lizard, invaded a home in the Kishangarh town of Ajmer district, Rajasthan,causing a massive stir in the neighbourhood.

lizard. The species name sandrae honours Sandra Lee O'Keefe (nee Markey) -- and like Elizabeth Nicholls (one of the team who identified the fossils in 2002) -- who was "a valiant warrior in the ...

The Big 12 features iconic mascots, with some being around for as long as the football team itself, and while they each carry ...