AUSTIN (KXAN) – Cutting beneath sand on the desert world of Arrakis, giant sandworms strike fear and inspire awe in the blockbuster “Dune” films. Introduced in the 1965 novel, the sandworm has grown ...

A team of international researchers announced the discovery of a marine reptile closely resembling a swordfish with a 3-foot-long skull that existed more than 100 million years ago. The preserved ...

About 246 million years ago, a sea lizard with a skull the size of a grand piano died in the ancient ocean that is now Nevada. It was an ichthyosaur, and its body was most likely the size of a modern ...

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

Lizard Head, a vertical pillar of crumbling unstable rock, is Colorado’s most difficult and dangerous summit climb. Albert Ellingwood and Barton Hoag made the first multi-pitch technical ascent in ...

Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A palm-size lizard with teeth ...

A small, fossilized lizard, hidden in a museum cupboard for decades, has been identified as a significant find. Discovered in a quarry near Bristol, this 205-million-year-old fossil is the oldest ...