At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

A mosasaur tooth discovered in the Hell Creek Formation alongside a T. rex tooth and a crocodilian jaw has revealed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a groundbreaking discovery, a research team led by a UNF professor and the Bureau of Land Management has unveiled new evolutionary insights following the remarkable find of a ...

Geologists in Mississippi unearthed a large vertebra belonging to a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, a giant marine reptile from the late Cretaceous period. The discovered vertebra, potentially the largest ...

An enormous sea snake from Norse legend that was fathered by the trickster god Loki and grew big enough to circle the globe is now the namesake for a different type of “monster” — a newly discovered ...

WALHALLA, N.D. — Researchers who uncovered a new genus and species of mosasaur — an ancient, carnivorous aquatic lizard — in the Pembina Gorge north of Walhalla are hopeful the discovery will fill ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The world was a drastically different place 90 million years ago, and Saturday on Good Morning Jacksonville, UNF faculty member Dr. Barry Albright gave viewers a glimpse into what ...