The most important demand of today's high-performance materials is to unite high strength
with extreme fracture toughness. The combination of withstanding large forces (strength) …

Reptiles are among the oldest known amniotes and are highly diverse in their morphology
and ecological niches. These animals have an evolutionarily ancient innate-immune system …

Integumentary sensory organs (ISOs) are densely distributed on the jaws of crocodilians and
on body scales of members of the families Crocodilidae and Gavialidae. We examined the …

Earth's tropical ecosystems have witnessed several extinctions and a dramatic reduction of
the range and abundance of large reptile species, which is directly related to the rise of early …

Reptiles, including birds, exhibit a range of behaviorally relevant adaptations that are
reflected in changes to the structure of the inner ear. These adaptations include the capacity …

Background Crocodilians exhibit a spectrum of rostral shape from long snouted
(longirostrine), through to short snouted (brevirostrine) morphologies. The proportional …

A facilitative transport system exists on the blood–brain barrier (BBB) that has been tacitly
assumed to be a path for glutamate entry to the brain. However, glutamate is a non-essential …

The distinctive anatomy of the crocodylian skull is intimately linked with dietary ecology,
resulting in repeated convergence on blunt-and slender-snouted ecomorphs. These …

The giant theropod Spinosaurus was an unusual animal and highly derived in many ways,
and interpretations of its ecology remain controversial. Recent papers have added …

The striking resemblance of long-snouted aquatic mammals and reptiles has long been
considered an example of morphological convergence, yet the true cause of this similarity …