The discovery of new fossils is leading British scientists to conclude that the past existence of a Loch Ness monster was "plausible." The development came when a group of researchers found the ...

Scientists said they identified fossils of plesiosaurs in an ancient river system, which may indicate they lived in freshwater areas — like Loch Ness in Scotland — and not only seawater Jason Hahn is ...

Researchers identified fossils in a 100-million-year-old Moroccan freshwater system as a marine reptile. Previously, the reptile was thought to have only spent time in saltwater. Some once believed ...

New research from Morocco shows evidence of 12 different plesiosaurs found in a river region. This isn’t the first freshwater plesiosaur evidence, but it shows shared, regular eating behaviors. The ...

The plesiosaur — an aquatic dinosaur once thought to exclusively reside in saltwater — is now believed to have spent much of its time in freshwater, according to a new study. The discovery is likely ...

Traces of a 150-million-year-old dinosaur have been found on the banks of Scotland’s Loch Ness, but they are definitely not those of the lake’s legendary monster, scientists said. A Jurassic-era ...

Two mounted dinosaur skeletons -- one a fierce flying reptile of the kind seen in the "Jurassic Park" movies and the other evocative of the Loch Ness monster -- will be auctioned off this month in New ...

Plesiosaurs are a group of extinct marine reptiles that lived in the oceans while the dinosaurs lived on land. Find out what plesiosaur fossils have revealed about these animals and how big they could ...