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

That’s why sea monsters were created! Ancient cultures invented mythological sea monsters in an effort to explain some of the ...

The discovery reveals that the ancient “sea monsters” once patrolled the waters off of what was then the Gondwana supercontinent, which eventually broke up to create Australia, New Zealand ...

A remarkable discovery in Morocco has shed light on a mysterious ancient marine predator, Carinodens acrodon, a small but highly specialized mosasaur that roamed the oceans during the late ...

Sea monsters have a prominent role in myths and legends of most seafaring cultures on ... Many cultures around the world have a myth or legend about a tentacled beast bothering seamen or generally ...

A remarkable discovery in Morocco has shed light on a mysterious ancient marine predator, Carinodens acrodon, a small but highly specialised mosasaur that roamed the oceans during the late Cretaceous ...

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Sea turtle populations are rising thanks to conservation efforts, but climate change and habitat loss still threaten their ...

A never-before-seen mosasaur species first described in 2021 may be based on forged fossils, a new study suggests. Researchers are now calling for computed tomography (CT) scans of the remains to ...

A mosasaur species with saw-like teeth that was described by scientists in 2021 may have been based on forged fossils, and researchers are now calling for CT scans to determine the creature's ...