A new genus of sea monster has just been officially identified, and it’s a palaeontological weirdo. The new species has been ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When Haridy studied the tissues of her catfish, she saw that the denticles were ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to ...