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

Some of these animals have evolved special adaptations ... such as large sharks. The denticle-covered skin also reduces drag as they swim, allowing them to move more efficiently through the ...

Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales ... record 315 million years ago and were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic era, which lasted for 270 ...

Over the years illegal wildlife trade has emerged as a form of organised transnational crime that has threatened the ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting ... data to show birds that nest in cavities -- covered nests with small openings -- are more likely to use shed ...