The 126-metre-long ship went down with all its cargo when it was bombed in World War II. Now its trucks and motorbikes are home to barracudas, sea turtles and reptilian-looking crocodilefish.

A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers ...

Scientists have identified a new species of ancient crocodile dating back 215 million years. The slender and fast-moving ...

A new Triassic crocodylomorph from Gloucester sheds light on early crocodile evolution and pre-extinction ecosystems.

Lizards are found across nearly every continent, and while most species are shy and harmless, a handful have evolved into formidable predators capable of inflicting serious harm. From the arboreal ...

This newly discovered reptile ran like a greyhound — and its name is a tribute to the scientist’s high school teacher.

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles, from the iguanas that fall out of trees in the winter, to the ...

A PhD student who identified a new species of ancient land-dwelling crocodile relative — one built more like a greyhound than any croc you’d see today — honored his high school physics teacher by ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

The genus name nods to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright ...