The ancient world was a bizarre place, populated by peculiar creatures that defied imagination, from the depths of the ocean to the highest reaches of the sky. Among them was the fearsome plesiosaur, ...

In the dark seas of the ancient world, few creatures were as interesting as the plesiosaur: a long-necked marine reptile with four large flippers. These fearsome predators dominated the oceans in the ...

A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...

(LONDON) — The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory dinosaur, may ...

Marine reptiles like plesiosaurs ruled beneath the waves - to such an extent that no aquatic dinosaur has ever been discovered. But that could all be about to change. Palaeontologist Nizar Ibrahim is ...