Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...

A feathered dinosaur with a parrot-like beak is helping shed new light on how reptile scales became bird feathers, according to scientists. Palaeontologists have now discovered the creature, often ...

Scientists have uncovered hidden bony armor—called osteoderms—beneath the skin of 29 goanna species across Australasia, a discovery that radically changes what we thought we knew about lizard ...

As discussed in recent urban biomimicry research, the same general principles that direct lizard scales and leaf veins are being used to design water-harvesting facades, adaptive urban drainage ...

An exquisitely preserved fossil from half a billion years ago has turned our understanding of spider evolution upside down.

Scientists have discovered ‘zoned development’ in dinosaur skin, with areas of reptile-style scales and bird-like skin with feathers. Nilima Marshall Tuesday 21 May 2024 16:00 BST ...

A feathered dinosaur with a parrot-like beak is helping shed new light on how reptile scales became bird feathers, according to scientists. Psittacosaurus – a plant-eating creature about the size of a ...

Palaeontologists have now discovered the creature, often known as the “parrot lizard”, had reptile-like skin in areas of the body without feathers.