The Jurassic period marks a pivotal era in the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems, during which diverse plant groups flourished and adapted to dynamic climatic and environmental conditions. Fossil ...

As a teen, road trips to Dorset meant three things: Moores biscuits, swimming at the Durdle Door arch, and fossil hunting. We visited the seaside towns of Lyme Regis and Charmouth for exquisite fish ...

Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A Ph.D. student recently found the counterpart of the original fossil at the ...

There are plenty of beaches and bays along the Yorkshire coast where you can find fossils with some that date back 200 ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Dinosaur fossils found in Patagonia provide the first evidence that long-necked, whip-tailed diplodocid sauropods survived well beyond the Jurassic period, when they were ...

Blue-stain fungi constitute a distinctive group of wood-colonizing fungi which lack the ability to decompose wood lignocellulose, yet are capable of causing significant wood discoloration (Fig. 1).

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park: North America’s oldest known pterosaur. The newly identified species — a flying ...

Scientists have named a new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, from fossils found in Mistelgau, Germany. The marine reptile had a dramatic overbite similar to swordfish and unique skeletal ...