Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relative, a dome-headed ...

Scientists have unearthed the remains of a gigantic, 200 million-year-old sea monster that may be the largest marine reptile ever discovered. The newfound creature is a member of a group called ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a colossal marine reptile that may be the largest ever to have roamed Earth's oceans. The newly identified species, described in a study published in ...

In 1811, a 12-year-old girl named Mary Anning discovered a fossil on the beach near her home in southwestern England – the first scientifically identified specimen of an ichthyosaur, a dolphinlike, ...

A new study from the University of Bonn claims that several mysterious fossilized bone fragments found since the 19th century may have been from a gigantic ancient sea creature called ichthyosaur.

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - Ichthyosaurs were a successful group of marine reptiles that prospered during the age of dinosaurs, some reaching up to around 70 feet (21 meters) long - exceeded in ...

Dinosaurs may have first evolved close to the equator, not in the far south of the southern hemisphere as previously thought.

Several huge, fossilized bones that have mystified paleontologists for years have been suggested to belong to an enormous species of ichthyosaur. The bones, discovered at several locations across ...

If you have a 4-year-old in your house, chances are he can tell you the exact differences between an ichthyosaur and an allosaurus -- even if you have no idea which is which. On Saturday, your budding ...