An unexpected discovery in Antarctica is challenging long-standing scientific assumptions. A massive egg fossil, recently ...

Geologists discovered a fossilised single vertebra of the giant sea lizard known as a mosasaur that lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately between 82 and 66 million years ago.

The creature could lay eggs on land, unlike amphibians. It was part of a large group known as “amniotes,” which would evolve ...

Before Texas was what it is known today, it was a vast sea full of marine reptiles. Now, one of those creatures has been found - its remains, that is - during construction work. St ...

John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

In Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the remarkably preserved remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur, nicknamed “Fiona,” ...

Learn what secrets this pregnant ichthyosaur reveals from the Early Cretaceous and why this find is so important.

Paleontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what's so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...

The ancient marine reptile was later named Plotosourus bennisoni in Bennison’s honor. ”Most paleontological finds are done by amateur fossil hunters and even just regular people,” said Michael ...