Where did snakes come from? It’s a question that’s puzzled researchers for years, and now they are even more confused. A new ...

A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of ...

Scientists were left stunned by the hook-toothed, 167-million-year-old fossil which blends reptile characteristics.

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of ...

Breugnathair elgolensis is the first of a new family of squamates called Parviraptoridae, described as “an enigmatic group with potential importance for snake origins, that was previously known from ...

Experts say the lizard-like creature, which has been given the Gaelic name Breugnathair elgolensis, had lived about 167 ...

As we enter the Year of the Snake, we take the opportunity to revisit the starring roles of this mystic animal in art. Snake is the sixth animal sign in the 12-year zodiac cycle and based on ...

When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes.