Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur. The ...

Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs.

The discovery of preserved skin on a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur is revolutionizing our understanding of these extinct ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...

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

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.