Researchers were unaware that this large fossil was even an egg until they pierced through its membrane with microscopes and ...

A night dive off Komodo Island, Indonesia, turned unforgettable when an underwater videographer came face-to-face with one of ...

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 ...

A giant skull of a prehistoric sea predator has been unearthed by a team of fossil hunters in the UK, the BBC reported. The more than 6-foot-long skull belongs to a pliosaur, a marine reptile that ...

A marine reptile called an ichthyosaur ripped into the nutritious torso of a slightly smaller marine reptile 240 million years ago, swallowed it and promptly died, according to a new study. The animal ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --The remains of a new type of prehistoric 'sea dragon' have been discovered along the Dorset coast in southern Britain. The so-called Etches sea dragon, a novel ichthyosaur, was found ...

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National Geographic’s new giant-screen film “Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure”, the first release to premier simultaneously across all UK IMAX cinemas and selected specialty theatres on 20 ...

Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles during the time of the dinosaurs, and scientists don't know much about their ancestry. But by CT-scanning the fossil of one of the first ichthyosaurs, scientists ...

LONDON — What began with routine maintenance at a British nature reserve and reservoir has been hailed as a giant Jurassic "mega-find." Officials at Anglian Water and the Leicestershire and Rutland ...

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 ...