The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

An 11-year-old fossil hunter helped scientists discover remains of a giant marine reptile that lived about 202 million years ago and may have been the largest sea reptile ever.

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...

A giant ocean predator that terrorised the seas during the time of the dinosaurs may have also hunted in rivers, a tooth fossil discovered in North Dakota suggests. The extinct lizard-like reptile ...

A father-daughter duo, fossil hunting on a Somerset beach, found the jawbone of Ichthyotitan severnensis, a 25-metre sea ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "This group of animals comprises a complex of disparate groups including the dolphin/shark-like ichthyosaurs, manatee-like placodonts, long- ...

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 ...

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