Grooves in the limestone at Italy's Monte Cònero may have been left by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake 80 million years ago ...

A long-snouted ichthyosaur fossil found on England’s Jurassic Coast fills a missing chapter in marine reptile evolution. (CREDIT: Bob Nicholls / University of Manchester) A fossil found over two ...

When visitors step into Catoosa's D.W. Correll Museum — with its collection ranging from classic cars to ancient geodes — they may notice a fossilized reptile that appears to be soaring directly at ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have been indicted on narco-terrorism charges after being captured by U.S. by MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A fossil found by an elk ...

On a nice spring day at the end of May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her dad, Justin, were fossil-hunting on Blue Anchor Beach in Somerset, England, when they discovered a fragment of a titanic ...

The Mesozoic wasn’t just the age of dinosaurs. Reptiles of all sorts thrived through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous at the same time our favorite dinosaurs were roaming on land. Long-necked ...

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New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most formidable marine predators did not always stay at sea. From gigantic ...

Scientists have discovered the fossil of a giant "nightmarish" sea creature that hunted the oceans millions of years ago. The prehistoric lizard, Khinjaria acuta, was estimated to be about 26 feet ...

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...