Russell Crowe once made a bizarre drunken purchase from Leonardo DiCaprio was a dinosaur skull, which he bought on a whim for his son's playroom.

Giant will be just one of the stars the hopefuls will be going up against, with his dominating statue making him an intimidating force. Making his debut in the Gladiators arena in season 1 ...

Morocco is uniquely rich in mosasaur fossils, says Henry Sharpe at the University of Alberta in Canada. “Miners working in the phosphate mines come across mosasaurs all the time.” The problem ...

Mosasaur fossil may be a forgery, researchers claim CT scans needed to verify authenticity of the fossil Fossil from Morocco raises concerns over scientific integrity ...

A Mosasaur. Contradictions in celebrated 'Sea Monster' skull point to possible fossil fraud in Morocco. Illustration. (photo credit: Dotted Yeti. Via Shutterstock) A new study raised serious ...

MORDEN, Man. - The world's largest publicly-displayed mosasaur now has a companion at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba. The 13-metre-long marine reptile fossil of "Bruce ...

Parents take their children to view a fossilized Mosasaurus skull at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing on January 14, 2025. On that day, The Rise of Vertebrates exhibition hall opened ...

The original study introduced Xenodens calminechari as a one-of-a-kind species of mosasaur, a predatory marine reptile that dominated the oceans during the Cretaceous period.

In 2021, scientists identified a new mosasaur species upon the discovery of a Cretaceous-period jaw with unusual teeth in a Moroccan mine. There’s only one problem—the remains may have been ...

In the dynamic world of paleontology, discoveries often rewrite what we know about ancient life. However, not every fossil fits neatly into the puzzle of history. A 2021 study describing a new species ...

Meet the pliosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex of the seas! Now, a giant skull has been found in the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. The film follows Sir David Attenborough as he investigates the ...

A mosasaur species with saw-like teeth that was described by scientists in 2021 may have been based on forged fossils, and researchers are now calling for CT scans to determine the creature's origin.