Researchers in Tunisia found the largest “worm lizard” that has ... belongs to a new genus and species of amphisbaenians, a “charismatic group” of “legless lizards” that has ...
Fossils of a new species of giant worm lizards with one huge bottom tooth and a powerful jaw that could squash snails’ shells ...
Researchers discover 50-million-year-old animal from Tunisia could crack snail shells with its powerful jaws. The discovery ...
Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...
It wasn’t just a new species, it was “the world’s largest worm lizard,” researchers said. The species was named Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, or the Marcelo Sánchez giant trogonophid.
The ancestors of snakes were lizards with legless ... the largest and most comprehensive evolutionary tree of snakes and lizards by sequencing partial genomes for at least 1,000 species.
McKITTRICK, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection ...
LOS ANGELES— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously agreed today to protect the Temblor legless lizard under the ...