In a stunning paleontological find, a fossil of an ancient aquatic reptile with preserved skin has been found in Switzerland. The virtually complete fossil specimen belongs to Lariosaurus valceresii, ...

Millions of years ago, as dinosaur giants were stomping around on land, other giant reptiles were dominating the oceans — and some of them, like plesiosaurs and similar animals, grew extremely long, ...

With 1.3-meter-long jaws lined with large teeth, the oldest known mega-predatory marine reptile has been identified… and it’s part of the clade Thalassophonea, or ‘sea murderers’. 40 years after their ...