You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs – the four-legged herbivores famous for their long necks and tails. Animals such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus have been standard fixtures in science museums since the 1800s. With their small brains and enormous bodies, these creatures have long been the poster children for animals destined to go […]
Researchers in Italy have uncovered some enlightening new information about a fossil believed to depict a 280-million-year-old reptile that has been cited in many books and articles over the years. While the fossil, first discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, was believed to consist of skin and soft tissue, it turns out it’s nothing […]
A 34-year-old man in Colorado, with a hobby of collecting venomous reptiles as pets, was killed by one of his Gila monsters. The Lakewood Police Department confirmed with Fox News Digital that they received a 911 call from the victim’s girlfriend, Madeline Sutton, for “an animal bite” around 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 12. When they […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Questions continue to pile up in one Norfolk neighborhood after a pet reptile was abandoned in a pile of trash. It scurried across the sidewalk on Granby Street. That’s when community members stepped in. A co-owner of The Village Mermaid antique shop told 10 On Your Side he found a leopard […]
Usually, fossilized animal remains result from bits of bone or impressions of a creature long-passed. But sometimes a specific place has just the right conditions to preserve even more. From Richards Spur, a long filled-in cave network and active quarry in southern Oklahoma, a group of paleontologists say they’ve identified and described the oldest fossilized […]