Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosasaurs were a diverse group of marine lizards which, much like whales and other cetaceans, adapted to life in the oceans. And ...

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

Jormungandr, a 24-foot aquatic lizard that lived 80 million years ago, is found to be a transitional species between two well-known mosasaurs “If you put flippers on a Komodo dragon and made it really ...

An enormous sea snake from Norse legend that was fathered by the trickster god Loki and grew big enough to circle the globe is now the namesake for a different type of “monster” — a newly discovered ...

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No aquatic reptiles today can match mosasaurs, ocean-dwelling creatures of the Cretaceous period that looked something like a cross between a whale and a shark. Now, a group of researchers have ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. About 72 million years ago, a mosasaur the size of a modern great ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a groundbreaking discovery, a research team led by a UNF professor and the Bureau of Land Management has unveiled new evolutionary insights following the remarkable find of a ...

GETTING VACCINATED. RESEARCHERS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY JUST PLAYED A PART IN A MASSIVE PREHISTORIC DISCOVERY. GEOLOGISTS AT MSU FOUND THE LARGEST MOSASAUR BACKBONE EVER UNEARTHED IN THE STATE ...

The fossil of Xenodens calminechari, once touted as a revolutionary discovery, is now under scrutiny. This 72-million-year-old mosasaur fossil once believed to be a new species, was recently ...