The 36 well-preserved cervical vertebrae and 50 neck bones indicate that Traskasaura had a very long neck. While not much is ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs -- some of the most famous in North America -- have just been formally identified as belonging to a 'very odd' new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously ...

Known as plasticrusts, the phenomenon was first reported in 2016 by Portuguese scientists who spotted unnaturally colored rocks on the idyllic island of Madeira off the northwest ...

Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator. ...

In a collaboration between The Conversation and BBC South West, Secrets of the Sea is a new series that showcases local ...