With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

Discover the fascinating story of a sea cow fossil in Venezuela, providing insights into prehistoric marine life and predator ...

How might you make your mark on the world forever? Write a play more timeless than Shakespeare, or compose music to out-do ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

A 66-million-year-old fossilized vomit discovery in Denmark offers a rare glimpse into the prehistoric Cretaceous food chain.

often referred to as "living fossils," have made an extraordinary leap into present-day consciousness while providing a link to the times long past, unchanged since the days of the dinosaurs.

Photo by Sergio Gutierrez Shared by Claudia Serrano In northern Mexico, the Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation houses an exceptional number of dinosaur fossils. Paleontologist Claudio de León ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

A local amateur fossil hunter made the find on the ... adding it helped explain the relationships in the prehistoric food chain. "Sea lilies are not a particularly nutritious diet, as they consist ...