Discover the fascinating story of a sea cow fossil in Venezuela, providing insights into prehistoric marine life and predator ...

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

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

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

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...

What’s 66-million-year-old vomit like? A lot more pleasant than the fresh stuff, says paleontologist Jesper Milan.

Around 66 million years ago, a marine creature from the Cretaceous era munched on some sea lilies and developed an […] ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ...

Danish authorities said that the fossil belonged to an animal and that the contents of the vomit contained sea lily remains. Dutch sea lily expert John Jagt concluded that the remains consisted of ...

These aquatic, plant-like animals related to sea stars and sea urchins are formally called crinoids. In the fossil, the hard-to-digest bits of sea lily were encompassed in chalk. Essentially ...