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

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

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

The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to ... and can directly damage the skin, shell, and eyes. Opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections are common in severely affected ...

Active volcanoes, thick jungles, Caribbean waters: few countries pack as much diversity within such compact borders as ...

All but leatherbacks, with their layer of thick skin ... and “nesting habitat for turtles is continually shrinking,” Pilcher says. After harpooners land a leatherback in Indonesia’s Kei ...

It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be ...

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

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