A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has emerged ...

A 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and a nest of fossilized eggs that were discovered in the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientists and staff from the University of Calgary and ...

An unexpected discovery in Antarctica is challenging long-standing scientific assumptions. A massive egg fossil, recently identified as soft-shelled and possibly belonging to a mosasaur, may reveal ...

In a finding that upends decades of scientific theory on reptile reproduction, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that female boa constrictors can squeeze out babies ...

A boa constrictor mother has given "virgin birth" to 22 female offspring, all of which have no father and are half-clones of their mother, according to new research. The discovery adds boa ...

Deep in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, buried beneath more than 60 million years of sediment, scientists have uncovered a fossil that is reshaping the scientific narrative about how ancient ...

The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.” By Veronique Greenwood In January 2018 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In many taxa of squamate reptiles, thermal conditions during incubation affect fitness-relevant phenotypic traits of the offspring. Therefore, ...

An international study of 1,014 reptiles species suggests if a snake or lizard wants to live longer, it should refrain from copulating at a young age and stick with a herbivore diet. This conclusion ...

Labord's chameleon, native to western Madagascar, holds the record as the shortest-lived vertebrate, surviving only four to five months. This reptile's life cycle is uniquely adapted to the island's ...