The seagrass is greener along Florida's Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine ...

Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 ...

Welcome ancient survivors! These creatures have remained little altered for millions of years and continue to roam the planet ...

The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged ...

The creature could lay eggs on land, unlike amphibians. It was part of a large group known as “amniotes,” which would evolve ...

Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence found in one of the most fossil-rich areas of the world.

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back ...

New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by ...