Reptiles | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/reptiles/RSS feed for ReptilesenFri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:40 +0000These 16 Splendid Aerial Views Capture Wildlife From Above, Revealing the Beauty and Mystery of Naturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-16-splendid-aerial-views-capture-wildlife-from-above-revealing-the-beauty-and-mystery-of-nature-180989141/The second International Aerial Photographer of the Year contest selected its winners and 101 top images. Here’s a selection of the photos that spotlight animals from a new perspectiveFri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-16-splendid-aerial-views-capture-wildlife-from-above-revealing-the-beauty-and-mystery-of-nature-180989141/A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-fossil-from-antarctica-sat-in-a-drawer-for-40-years-it-turned-out-to-be-the-first-dinosaur-bone-ever-found-on-the-continent-180989042/After being forgotten for decades, the mysterious tail vertebra has finally been identified as part of a titanosaur. The discovery helps researchers understand how dinosaurs may have traversed Earth's southernmost regionsMon, 29 Jun 2026 20:40:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-fossil-from-antarctica-sat-in-a-drawer-for-40-years-it-turned-out-to-be-the-first-dinosaur-bone-ever-found-on-the-continent-180989042/A Vietnam Veteran Collected Fossils for 66 Years. One, Mislabeled 'Baby Lamprey,' Made Paleontologists Reconsider How Vertebrates Moved From Water to Landhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-vietnam-veteran-collected-fossils-for-66-years-one-mislabeled-baby-lamprey-made-paleontologists-reconsider-how-vertebrates-moved-from-water-to-land-180988981/The fossil turned out to be a hatchling of a crocodile-like creature, and it suggests, according to a new study, that early animals did not use metamorphosis to evolve to dwell on landThu, 18 Jun 2026 18:15:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-vietnam-veteran-collected-fossils-for-66-years-one-mislabeled-baby-lamprey-made-paleontologists-reconsider-how-vertebrates-moved-from-water-to-land-180988981/Meet the 'Witch Croc,' a Strange Ancient Crocodile Relative With Two Legs and No Teeth That Roamed New Mexico During the Triassichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-witch-croc-a-strange-ancient-crocodile-relative-with-two-legs-and-no-teeth-that-roamed-new-mexico-during-the-triassic-180988909/The reptile, a dinosaur look-alike called a shuvosaur, represents a long-awaited discovery that helps paleontologists fill a gap in the fossil recordMon, 08 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-witch-croc-a-strange-ancient-crocodile-relative-with-two-legs-and-no-teeth-that-roamed-new-mexico-during-the-triassic-180988909/What Was the Biggest Dinosaur? Fragmentary Fossils Make It Hard to Tellhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-was-the-biggest-dinosaur-fragmentary-fossils-make-it-hard-to-tell-180988840/Pinning down the most titanic of the large sauropod dinosaurs is not an easy task, since the odds were generally against the biggest ones being buried and preservedThu, 28 May 2026 14:58:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-was-the-biggest-dinosaur-fragmentary-fossils-make-it-hard-to-tell-180988840/