Giant reptiles, masters of the oceans more than 66 million years ago, swimming in rivers? A recent discovery in North America ...

Sixty-six million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. The patterns and causes of this extinction have been debated since ...

Haliskia peterseni as imagined by artist Gabriel Ugueto. The newly identified species of pterosaur was a fearsome flying reptile from the mid-Cretaceous period. Image by Gabriel Ugueto/Curtin ...

The Cretaceous Period witnessed a remarkable diversification of marine reptiles, among which plesiosaurs featured prominently. These secondarily aquatic reptiles adapted to a range of ecological ...

Fossils reveal that giant predatory sharks existed 15 million years before megalodon and were already top predators in Cretaceous seas.

There are few predators more frightening than snakes and crocodiles … but what about a snake-crocodile combo? Although it might sound like a cheesy monster movie premise, “snakey crocodile-faces” were ...

Where skeletons are rare, isolated teeth can flesh out our understanding of ancient reptile-dominated ecosystems, according to a new study. Where skeletons are rare, isolated teeth can flesh out our ...