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

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

A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

Despite being one of the most widely dispersed clades of prehistoric reptiles, the paleoecology of pterosaurs is poorly ...

Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

The well-preserved fossil that was once a dinosaur's butt bone (sacrum) was excavated from South Dakota's Hell Creek ...

For the 24 th year, the Schiele Museum of Natural History wants to help visitors dig into their interest in fossils. The ...

The findings, the team explains, may pave the way toward fresh analyses of existing fossils and new insights into not only dinosaurs but other forms of ancient life. An artist's impression shows ...

The fossil, examined under a microscope and with micro-CT scans, has a conical puncture a sixth of an inch (4 mm) wide that appears to be the bite mark of a crocodile.