Christmas colors disguise gliding lizards in the rainforest Date: December 24, 2014 Source: University of Melbourne Summary: By mimicking the red and green colors of falling leaves, Bornean ...

An ancient arboreal lizard coasted through the air using a winglike membrane stretched across elongated ribs, a new fossil reveals. Dubbed Xianglong zhaoi, the gliding lizard lived during the ...

The fossil halves of an ancient lizard-like creature were sold separately nearly a century ago and have resided at museums in ...

Draco (the Latin word for dragon) is a genus of modern-day gliding lizards often called “flying dragons.” These lizards predominantly live in Southeast Asia’s rainforests.

Gliding lizard fossil (Xianglong zhaoi). The 15.5-cm long skeleton was found in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China, with its most striking feature the elongated ribs that helped to spread ...

Reconstruction of ancient gliding lizard Xianglong zhaoi. Image credit: Zhao Chuang and Xing Lida. The 6-inch (15.5 cm) lizard, found in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China, ...

Hold on tight The dragons in the Harry Potter movies fly using wings made from modified forelimbs, just as birds and bats do. But real dragons — gliding lizards of the genus Draco — form their ...

The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian Of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 2022 ...

Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

Reptiles, often overlooked, possess remarkable adaptations for survival. Some lizards can run on water, while others glide ...

A near complete fossil of a lizard has been found inside the stomach of a microraptor, a kind of feathered dinosaur that lived around 100 million years ago.