You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...

A 183-million-year-old fossil with exceptionally well-preserved soft tissues has revealed that some plesiosaurs were covered ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...

Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates, or a combination of both. They include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tor- toises.

"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...

The Show Me Reptile Show had something for all lovers of scales, tails and extraordinary creatures.This reptilian event was ...

What are amphibians and reptiles? Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb ...

Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...