P aleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their findings, published in Cretaceous Research ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...

Researchers in Tunisia found the largest “worm lizard” that has ever lived with ... tooth on the maxilla and dentary, flat cheek teeth, and an array of other diagnostic features that readily ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...

They are the world’s largest lizards and can reach lengths of about 10 feet. Komodo dragons have thick, leathery skin, strong claws, sharp teeth and a venomous bite, so keepers must be very ...

Nick Longrich/University of Bath/PA Wire The sea lizard's jaw and sharp teeth helped to eat its prey Khinjaria acuta is a member of a family of giant marine lizards known as mosasaurs, distant ...

and those teeth have three points instead of two. Meade said while not related, the new species probably looked a lot like horned lizards alive today. Though not related, the prehistoric species ...