The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Sea monsters like the Kraken, serpents or the Loch Ness monster may be just in our imagination, but across history, these stories have roots in reality. Today, we still like to exaggerate and tell ...

Geologists in Mississippi unearthed a large vertebra belonging to a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, a giant marine reptile from the late Cretaceous period. The discovered vertebra, potentially the largest ...

The remains of a giant “sea monster” that once dominated the oceans was unearthed by geologists on a riverbank in the Mississippi River, scientists have said. Geologists discovered a fossilised single ...

Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.

An artist's illustration of a plesiosaur, based on new research that finds these now-extinct sea monsters had both smooth and scaly skin. Joschua Knüppe Plesiosaurs were long-necked reptiles that ...

Steve Etches with the skull of the ferocious marine reptile at the museum [BBC/Tony Jolliffe] A fossil museum that is home to a giant sea monster known as the Sea-Rex is set to temporarily close its ...

Fossils from a huge, rare mosasaur with giant globular teeth have been unearthed in Texas, a new study reveals. The two adult jaw fragments provide insights into the lifestyle of Globidens ...

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. At head of title: Smithsonian. "Describes the science of the giant squid and the challenges in finding and learning about this ...