A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs ...

Today, tegus are considered invasive creatures in Florida, but a new paper suggests they’ve lived in the southeastern United ...

"The animal would have been so massive that I think it would have been able to prey effectively on anything that was ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments. LEAP OF ...

COASTAL MINGLINGGalápagos penguins populate Isabela Island, where they are joined by marine iguanas. Both animals occupy fissures in the coastline’s volcanic rock and forage in the ocean.

The oil supermajor, which is ramping up fossil fuel production under boss ... Auchincloss was previously the oil giant's chief financial officer until permanently succeeding Bernard Looney as ...

Byculla Zoo is celebrating the arrival of three new Humboldt penguin chicks, marking the first successful hatchings in over a year. Popeye and Olive welcomed Noddy, while Daisy's two eggs hatched ...

Skull of Buettnererpeton bakeri discovered in Wyoming. Credit: Dave Lovelace, CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have studied an exceptional fossil site at Nobby Knob in Wyoming. They found dozens of giant ...

The fossils belonged to a sebecid ... the history of these giant reptiles extends beyond the Dominican Republic. They would have occupied and shaped the region's ecosystems for millions of ...