A "very odd" sea creature fossil from Vancouver Island has been officially identified as a new species, Traskasaura sandrae.

The long-necked plesiosaur Traskasaura sandrae—which grew up to 39 feet long—is "unlike any other," said researchers.

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.

A bizarre sea creature which hunted prey more than 500 million years ago had three eyes, and another unusual feature. Fossils containing Mosura fentoni were recently discovered in Canada and were ...

When it was pulled from the mud along a creek they realized it was from a sea monster known as a mosasaur and the size of it shocked them. "This is a true, true sea monster," said James Starnes ...

The remains of a giant “sea monster” that once dominated the oceans was unearthed by geologists on a riverbank in the Mississippi River, scientists have said. Geologists discovered a ...

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“This was a true, true sea monster,” Starnes tells the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger. “This is bigger than most dinosaurs walking around on land.” The gigantic mosasaur lived at the end of ...