You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...

We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...

Adders will hunt small mammals, birds, lizards, and amphibians. Scales – Scales are hard overlapping plates which cover an animal's body. Most reptiles have scales. Tuatara – A rare reptile ...