The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nearly complete fossil skeleton found on the U.K.'s Jurassic Coast represents a newly identified species of ancient marine ...

Find out what fossils have revealed about ichthyosaurs, which included the biggest marine reptile that ever lived.

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

A skeleton discovered on Dorset’s Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ichthyosaur, called Xiphodracon ...

Some ichthyosaurs are too old, and some ichthyosaurs are too young. But a new species of marine reptile is the perfect age - that is, for revealing one of the most mysterious periods in the ...

The shoreline between Charmouth and Seatown in Dorset, United Kingdom, has come to be known as the “Jurassic Coast” of England. Geological formations have revealed prehistoric creatures stuck in the ...

This provides new opportunities to understand reproduction in animals that have long been extinct,' says a researcher.

CNN — The discovery of a giant marine reptile skull in the United States has revealed new theories about the speed of evolution and how quickly the process can produce diversity. The giant ichthyosaur ...

An 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds discovered a massive fossilized jaw fragment on a beach in England, leading to the identification of a new species of giant ichthyosaur. This discovery, named ...