Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist illustration of the extinct, Khinjaria acuta, chasing fish underwater with its jaw open. Paleontologists in Morocco have ...

Forgotten fossils from the Kimberley show how marine amphibians rebounded and spread across the globe after the end-Permian mass extinction.

Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs, but new research reveals dinosaurs weren't safe from them in rivers either. Researchers from Sweden, the US, and the ...

(CNN) — The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets ...

A newly discovered fossil marine lizard withrazor-sharp teeth is offering scientists a rare glimpse into life at the very end ...

Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.

A big fish story? Maybe so: The greatest sea monster of the Devonian Period (Dunkleosteus terrelli) may be getting downsized. A new article contents that the famous sea monster of the Age of Fishes ...

Littlefoot. Loch Ness monster. Dino from The Flintstones. We're so used to seeing long-necked dinosaurs and other scaly creatures in popular culture. The cartoons and cultural characters are loosely ...

The Earth seems to be forever coughing up its secrets: In the spring of 2022, fossil hunter Philip Jacobs was walking near Kimmeridge Bay in southern England—the “Jurassic Coast,” as noted by the host ...

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