The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on the evolutionary tree. One ...

A walk along the Somerset coastline in southwest England led to the discovery of one of the largest marine reptiles ever ...

Some 240 million years ago, a storm rolled over the tropical edge of the supercontinent of Pangaea and battered the coastal islands. Rain lashed forests of horsetails and ferns, sweeping plants and ...

Scientists have discovered a new lizard-like species that lurked in shallow water to pick off its prey -- with the help of a short, flat tail used as a float. Scientists have discovered a new ...

Learn about large extinct “fish lizards” known as ichthyosaurs with this excerpt from “Ancient Sea Reptiles.” Darren Naish Ichthyosaurs like this Jurassic Ophthalmosaurus had slender jaws and enormous ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A remarkable reptile-like creature with an unusual jaw that lived more ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Plesiosaurs are among the most charismatic ...

Had a volcano-driven mass extinction not occurred at the end of the Triassic 201 million years ago, we likely would have had something closer to an Age of Crocodiles than the Age of Dinosaurs that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like the rest of the West Coast, far Northern California was under water when early dinosaurs roamed North America. That doesn’t ...

Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

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