SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil (Reuters) -Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years ...

BRASILIA, June 20 (Reuters) - A Brazilian scientist has identified fossils of a small crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic Period several million years before the first dinosaurs. The ...

Flying reptiles that once winged around England 110 million years ago are closely related to their contemporaries found in Brazil and elsewhere around the world, new research finds. The new study is ...

PARAISO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) -When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could barely imagine his discovery ‌would later ...

The reptiles, which are raised on site, are accustomed to human contact. No poisonous snakes are used. "I'm always here, just in case (an animal) reacts unexpectedly," says Araujo. "The dangers are ...

The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland that stretches across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It’s nowhere near a beach with open seawater. Yacare caiman is a species of reptile related to ...

Recent fossil discoveries in Brazil have uncovered evidence that small, crocodile-like reptiles known as Parvosuchus aurelioi roamed the region before the age of dinosaurs. These ancient predatory ...

A Brazilian team’s finding helps fill in the fossil record to explain how the flightless reptiles evolved in the dinosaur era. By Kate Golembiewski Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived alongside ...

A therapist in Sao Paulo uses reptile-assisted therapy where patients interact with lizards, snakes and crocodiles to help treat anxiety, hyperactivity or even muscular problems. The Barron's news ...