Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in the Southern Hemisphere, shining a new light on the early evolution of marine mammals.

A new species of plesiosauroid - a group of long-necked marine reptiles - has just come to the surface in Germany's Posidonia Shale fossil beds. This 183 million-year-old plesiosauroid lived during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-snouted ichthyosaur fossil found on England’s Jurassic Coast fills a missing chapter in marine reptile evolution. (CREDIT: ...

In today’s oceans, sea turtles, marine iguanas, saltwater crocodiles, and sea snakes are the primary reptilian residents amongst tons of mammals and fish. This was not always the case, as fossil ...

Marine palaeoecosystems of the past are intricately linked with the diverse assemblages of fossil reptiles especially in the Mesozoic. Recent work has shown a much greater diversity of such Mesozoic ...

The Triassic period represents a pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, marking not only the recovery from the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction but also a remarkable burst in marine reptile diversity.

The 200-million-year-old fossilised remains of an ancient ichthyosaur, unearthed on a beach in south-west England, may be part of the largest marine reptile ever found. In 2020, amateur fossil hunters ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ancient oceans of the Eocene epoch teemed with ...

A team of Egyptian paleontologists has uncovered a remarkable fossil that alters our understanding of crocodile evolution. Found deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, the newly identified species, ...