During the start of the Jurassic, ocean levels were lower than they are today, but then they rose significantly over the period. This means there aren’t as many places for us to look for the fossils ...

Ichnospecies are organisms identified only through trace fossils ... and it provides an “unprecedented snapshot” of the abundance of dinosaurs during the Early Jurassic, a period during which no ...

They unearthed fossils of animals like turtles, ancestors of modern-day crocodiles, and plesiosaurs (long-necked cousins of pliosaurs) from the Jurassic period. Researchers believe that the ...

The nearly complete specimen of a known plesiosaur species is opening scientists’ eyes to the diversification of these ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

It is the site of a dramatic moment in Scottish history. The Isle of Skye's rocky shoreline is where Charles Edward Stuart - ...

Plesiosaurs were long-necked reptiles that lived in the ocean during the time of the dinosaurs. While the area where this ...

Ichnospecies are organisms identified only through trace ... snapshot” of the abundance of dinosaurs during the Early Jurassic, a period during which no dinosaur bones have been uncovered ...