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Oldest Known Footprints in Grand Canyon Were Left by Mysterious, Sideways-Walking Reptile

November 15, 2018 | Article

About 315 million years ago — long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth — an early reptile scuttled along in a strangely sideways jaunt, leaving its tiny footprints embedded in the landscape, new research finds.
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Bounty Hunter Kills Gargantuan Burmese Python, Gets $375, Earns Our Undying Gratitude

November 08, 2018 | Article

Nope. Nope. Nope.
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From Egg to Grave: Clues Reveal How Baby Pterosaurs Grew Up

October 19, 2018 | Article

An astonishingly detailed picture of pterosaurs, describing their lives from wee-flapling to aged-flyer stages, has emerged, thanks to a variety of new fossils discovered in recent years.
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Adorable Newborn Sea Monster from the Dinosaur Age Discovered in Kansas

October 11, 2018 | Article

About 85 million years ago, when a vast sea covered Kansas, a wee, little sea monster died almost immediately after it was born.
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There Be Dragons: 6-Foot-Long Lizard Terrifies Florida Family

August 31, 2018 | Article

In Florida, a giant lizard has one family too scared to use their pool.
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Death-Defying Lizards Fly Off Sticks During Leaf-Blower Wind Experiment

July 26, 2018 | Article

Only the strongest survive.
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Oldest Fossil of a Baby Snake Discovered Trapped in Amber Tomb

July 18, 2018 | Article

A fossil of a baby snake entombed in amber dates to 99 million years ago.
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How Did the Massive 'Salty' Crocodile Captured in Australia Get So Freaking Big?

July 11, 2018 | Article

Australian parks and wildlife rangers captured a 15-foot 5-inch-long, 1,300-lb. crocodile Monday (July 9). Experts told us how the animal got so big.
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Feral Cats Are Devouring Australia's Reptiles

June 26, 2018 | Article

Feral cats are binge-eating reptiles, and conservationists are concerned.
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How a Python Ate a Woman Whole and Left Hardly a Trace of the Fierce Attack

June 19, 2018 | Article

News of a pickup-truck-size reticulated python killing and swallowing a woman whole in central Indonesia, eating even her clothes, has made headlines around the world. But how often do these snakes eat people?
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