Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.

Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator. They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said likely belonged to a mosasaur, ...

Two of the paper's three authors, Richard Young and Michael Vecchione, put a full-color version of the photo on the squid's ...

Willard says that "Sea Monsters Unearthed," open now through mid-January, focuses on fossils found from Andora. One of the ...

Wonders of Nature and Imagination" exhibit at Harvard University's Museum of Natural History looks at creatures deep beneath the sea.

A fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton excavated from Angola’s costal cliffs. Credit Hillsman S. Jackson, Southern Methodist University. The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the ...

Oceanographer Anya Stajner was enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color caught her eye in the sand. She got down on her hands and knees and was ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...