Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea ...

In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

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New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most formidable marine predators did not always stay at sea. From gigantic ...

In May 1925, a strange decaying corpse washed ashore on Moore’s Beach, now known as Natural Bridges State Beach, in Santa Cruz. Locals who swarmed out to investigate the specimen described elephantine ...

What do you do when a mysterious sea serpent is prowling warm Gulf waters? You catch it, chop it up and make it into soup. That's the lesson learned in a segment in Nashville writer Allen Sircy's new ...