Pythons are some of the most extreme predators on Earth, capable of swallowing prey far larger than their own heads thanks to flexible jaws, stretchy ligaments, and incredibly powerful muscles. In ...

Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basement NASA's Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant 'dragon scales' littered ...

Why it's awesome: Earless monitor lizards are dragon-like reptiles that are so rare they're dubbed the "Holy Grail" of herpetology — the study of reptiles and amphibians. The species is the only known ...