Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a giant sea-dwelling lizard that dates back to the age of the dinosaurs, that stands out because of its unique, star-shaped teeth. It’s thought ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged teeth unlike those of any known reptile. Along with other recent finds ...

The ancient seas of the Late Cretaceous period would’ve been scary places to swim. Between 66 million and 100 million years ago, the world’s waterways were chock-full of real-life sea monsters. Not ...

Scientists have discovered the fossils of a new prehistoric species in Morocco — a bizarre-looking marine lizard considerably larger than a great white shark, which, they say, dominated the seas while ...

A sea monster with teeth so sharp they formed a "saw-like blade," swam in the waters of what is now Morocco about 66 million years ago, a new study finds. Miners discovered the remains of this ...

"Imagine a Komodo dragon crossed with a great white shark crossed with a T. rex crossed with a killer whale." Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

Ben Vrana likes to fish at Lewis and Clark Lake on the Nebraska-South Dakota border. But when the fish aren't biting, he hunts for fossils along its rocky cliffs and shores. That's how he found the ...

Late in the Cretaceous Period, when tyrannosaurs and their kin were the ruling predators on land, large swimming reptiles ruled the seas. Among them were the plesiosaurs and the mosasaurs. The suffix ...

Fossils of a giant killer mosasaur have been discovered, along with the fossilized remains of its prey. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, sea monsters really existed. While ...