A “pellet” found in a plesiosaur fossil unearthed in Kagoshima Prefecture indicates the prehistoric creature regurgitated indigestible parts of its prey, much like modern birds and alligators ...

Some alleged snaps of the Loch Ness Monster that do exist suggest the animal has a long neck and a small head – similar to a giant marine reptile called a plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs first appeared about ...

“Plesiosaurs notoriously possessed elongated necks, but these lengths varied considerably from creature to creature. We hope ...

Experts spent 16 years working to extract and restore the 3.2m-long (10.5ft) plesiosaur skeleton. It has been nicknamed Raffle after Tracey Barclay's dog who first spotted the vertebrae in rocks ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists say that fossils of small plesiosaurs may prove that the Loch Ness monster ...

It was found near the site where a plesiosaur fossil was unearthed in 2004, the board of education announced on Aug. 26. A research team said the two fossilized species are some of the oldest in ...