Squirrels are the best modern representatives of the prehistoric mammals that scampered beneath the "terrible lizards" some 65 million years ago.

Some giant, terrible lizard.

Unlike that of trains, the popularity of the terrible lizards - some perhaps more accurately described as terrible birds - continues to grow.

Although the word dinosaur means "terrible lizard", the name is somewhat misleading, as dinosaurs are not lizards.

The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.

Next, we'll look at the land animals that shared territory with the terrible lizards and their contemporaries.

Far from the "terrible lizard" that their Greek name implies, dinosaurs were closer to humans than cold-blooded reptiles, a new study suggests.

The ruling reptiles, the terrible lizards - the greatest creatures the Earth had ever known, their tenure uninterrupted.

The name means 'terrible lizard', and anyone who watched Jurassic Park will understand why.

They are popularly known as fish-lizards, not as good a name as 'terrible lizard', and it describes them well.