Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...

Analysis of the fossil skin of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur revealed that it had a mixture of smooth and scaly skin.

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...