A new study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them. Fossilized footprints reveal a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.

The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, ...

When East Bay Vivarium employees Angel Hamilton and Ezekiel White discovered a newly hatched California king snake last September, the fledgling reptile had an unexpected genetic twist: two heads. The ...

Digestive disorders are conditions that occur when the digestive system does not function as it should. Traditionally, health experts split them into two categories: organic and functional GI ...

The human digestive system refers to the organs that take in food and break them down. Digestion describes the complex process that enables the nutrients in food to enter the body and its cells.

Being more informed about digestive health empowers the patients, while also strengthening their pathways to more effective, personal treatment options. As we observe World Parkinson's Awareness ...

Apart from his specialist papers upon fossil vertebrates and upon modern dipterous flies, Williston was well known to the general zoologist for his excellent book on “Water Reptiles of the Past ...

Most visitors come for the ancient ruins or the goat grazing, but they had another goal in mind: find some reptiles. The team of scientists visited Despotiko island, a tiny island in the Aegean ...

At least 11 people died in the first quarter in Manica province, central Mozambique, in attacks by reptiles such as crocodiles and snakes, with the authorities considering collecting eggs to stop the ...

CSCs and their niche serve as promising target for tumor elimination. Digestive system tumors, containing colorectal tumor, liver tumor, esophageal tumor, gastric tumor, pancreatic tumor and ...

However, one of the more peculiar aspects of vultures is their distinct and often unpleasant smell, a fact intrinsically linked to their highly specialized digestive systems. To better appreciate ...