A search in the average basement will probably yield old records, a bicycle with deflated tires, maybe even a photo album. But these timeworn mementos generally don’t date back 78 million years, ...

Contrary to popular images of the marine reptiles, the necks of Plesiosaurus and its kin were not as flexible as cooked spaghetti noodles. Conybeare himself recognized that the necks of these animals ...

In the dark seas of the ancient world, few creatures were as interesting as the plesiosaur: a long-necked marine reptile with four large flippers. These fearsome predators dominated the oceans in the ...

One of the best-known things about Scotland is the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately nicknamed Nessie, reportedly a large creature resembling a plesiosaurus. Loch Ness is a large freshwater lake in ...

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