Another example of convergent evolution is flight in birds and bats. Within the ichthyosaur clade, sizes varied widely, ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

A figure from the text comparing "C. youngorum" to a modern sperm whale as well as rates of body size evolution over time between ichthyosaurs and cetaceans. The lines trending towards the top ...

Over the centuries, the site has given scientists a peek into a lost undersea world populated by dolphin-like ichthyosaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs and coiled mollusks called ammonites.

Millions of years ago, iguanas somehow reached Fiji from America. Scientists believe they floated 5,000 miles on rafts of ...

Skull of the ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus platydon, the first ever discovered. Mary Anning's brother Joseph found the skull in 1810 and Mary found parts of the neck a year later. Our collection ...