In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ...

The Old Town Police Department said residents should not approach the lizard if they spot the creature Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

Nile monitor lizards, an invasive and dangerous species, are spreading across Florida. Here's where they are and what to do ...

A giant 70kg lizard with razor-sharp teeth and enough venom to kill a human might sound like something from a nightmare, but ...

(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do people have two sets ...

Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they're replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren't the only animals capable of shedding ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...