Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dale Gnidovec Some of the first ancient animals to be studied by scientists were the ichthyosaurs. Although bits and pieces had ...

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Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs. Using a uniquely well-preserved fossil, the team has also created ...

Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have been discovered by paleontologists. Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now ...

(CNN) — The fossils of giant, extinct marine reptiles have been found in an unlikely place: within the high altitudes of the Swiss Alps. The fossils belong to three ichthyosaurs, and they may have ...

In this episode, we examine an unexpected interaction between a large lizard and fish inside a controlled aquarium ...

A team of international researchers announced the discovery of a marine reptile closely resembling a swordfish with a 3-foot-long skull that existed more than 100 million years ago. The preserved ...

Of all the basic tenets of bass fishing, throwing lizards in the springtime has got to be the most absurd. First off, can the fish really tell the difference between a soft-plastic worm and a ...

The fish lizards, who sustained themselves on a diet of turtles and octopuses, among other things, have left behind a rich fossil record. This consists mostly of bones and teeth, but recently the ...

Some of the first ancient animals to be studied by scientists were the ichthyosaurs. Although bits and pieces had been found earlier, serious study of them goes back to 1811, when Joseph Anning ...