A new fossil find sheds light on ancient inhabitants of the region. Fossil remains of a giant turtle have been unearthed in Brazil. Peltocephalus maturin is the name given to the newly discovered ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

SPRINGFIELD — A revamped exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum begins with an eastern box turtle as a greeter, a colony ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Credit: Marx, et al. Paleontologists have previously examined fossilized soft tissues from other prehistoric marine reptiles, including ancient sea turtles and ichthyosaurs. With only around eight ...

Analysis of the fossil skin of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur revealed that it had a mixture of smooth and scaly skin.

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...