Rog Hanson emerges from the coastal waters, pulls a diving regulator out of his mouth and pushes a scuba mask down around his ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

It’s also the first pterosaur ever found in Syria. Pterosaurs were large dinosaur relatives that were the first vertebrate species to evolve to have the ability of active flight, a trait we see now in ...

A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric ...

The marine reptile would have been about three metres long and would have eaten fish and squid, scientists say ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in fossils found in England, according to ...

A near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ...

The fossil was first discovered in 2001 and passed around between museums before experts were finally able to analyze it this ...

A near-complete skeleton found on the UK's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur—a type ...

This finding provides fresh insights into the dietary habits and ecological roles of prehistoric leeches ... leeches were swallowing prey whole or extracting fluids from small marine animals.” The ...

The Miami Seaquarium, an embattled marine park at the center of ongoing controversy due to repeated animal welfare issues, inspection violations, bankruptcy and an eviction battle, is closing its ...