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

You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

These creatures, still the biggest marine reptiles found to date, dominated the prehistoric seas as top predators, sporting a long, toothy snout, four flippers, and a streamlined body built for ...

These carnivorous marine reptiles swam in both shallow and deep ... Two smaller ichthyosaurs also swam in prehistoric Shasta County's waters, according to Motani. Paleontologists found skeletal ...

What’s 66-million-year-old vomit like? A lot more pleasant than the fresh stuff, says paleontologist Jesper Milan.

Experts have identified the bones found on a beach in Somerset as belonging to the jaws of a new species of enormous ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile. Estimates suggest the oceanic ...

The discovery of giant marine reptile apex predators occupying a seventh trophic level underscores the Paja ecosystem's unmatched diversity and complexity, offering a rare view into an ...

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