Plesiosaur specimen MH 7 with comparisons. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.001 A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found ...

After making a splash in early 2025 with the identification of its 183-million-year-old fossilized skin, the plesiosaur fossil MH7 (Holzmaden specimen), uncovered in Germany, is making headlines again ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed 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 ...

A research group may have unraveled the mystery behind the locomotion of the ancient marine reptile, the plesiosaur, by recreating a bio-inspired control system that accounts for motion adjustment.