Where do turtles belong on the evolutionary tree? For decades, the mystery has proven as tough to crack as the creatures’ shells. With their body armor and retractable heads, turtles are such unique ...
For decades, paleontologists and molecular biologists have disagreed about whether turtles are more closely related to birds and crocodiles or to lizards. Now scientists have developed a new technique ...
Turtles should sit on the same branch of the tree of life as lizards, according to a genetic analysis that could clear up a long-standing mystery over the creature's origin. Palaeontologists have long ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Imagine while on a hike, you suddenly spy a horned lizard that darts across your path, taking shelter ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a creature that one scientist said resembled "a strange, gluttonous lizard that swallowed a small Frisbee." But a sophisticated skull analysis showed that this reptile ...
Thousands of new species have been found in Greater Mekong in the last 20 years. The Rhinolophus monticolus or Horseshoe bat was discovered in Thailand and is one of the 115 new species discovered by ...
A monitor lizard was caught on camera trying to eat a turtle alive at MacRitchie Reservoir in Singapore. The video was shared Sunday on the Facebook page of Singapore Wildlife Sightings. The uploader ...
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