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

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

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

The marine predator fossils represent one of the most complete plesiosaur specimens in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science ...

Fossils including sharks' teeth from the dinosaur age have been uncovered during ground investigations for East West Rail.

New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by ...

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

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

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

Leard and Palmer are experienced scientists pursuing their doctoral degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences at MSU while ...

Long before neighborhoods sprawled across North Texas, ancient seas teemed with formidable marine reptiles. One of those long ...