From their sleek swimming skills underwater to their clumsy movements on land, they're perfectly adapted to their marine environment. These reptiles are an interesting phenomenon of animal ecology ...

Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

Iconic species such as tortoises, finches, boobies, and marine iguanas could suffer. The famed ecosystems that taught the world about natural selection may teach us a lesson yet again, offering us ...

Find out what was going on in the oceans while dinosaurs dominated the land in the Fossil Marine Reptiles gallery. See some of the most complete fossils of these prehistoric sea animals, including ...

Our research revealed that many marine animals, from little penguins (about ... These findings are especially exciting because they span such a wide range of species, from birds to mammals and ...