Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As if the age of the dinosaurs wasn't terrifying enough, scientists have now found evidence that long-necked marine ...

In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. While it was clearly a successful evolutionary strategy, paleontologists have long suspected that ...

Artistic rendition of the decapitation scene of Tanystropheus hydroides. (Roc Olivé, Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont/FECYT via Courthouse News) (CN) — The topic of decapitation made ...

Nowadays, dinosaurs are widely portrayed as animated, fictional characters in books and movies! In reality, these reptiles appeared on Earth between 230–245 million years ago, depending on which ...

Having a long, stiff neck helped some Triassic reptiles stealthily hunt for fish and other animals in shallow lagoons. But their uniquely gangly necks also made them easy targets for other predators, ...

Why Do Frilled-Neck Lizards Frill? Frilled-neck lizards frill their necks for a few different reasons, primarily for defense and communication. Frilled lizards use their frills to communicate with ...

The discovery suggests that long necks, which helped some prehistoric reptiles catch food, were tempting targets for predators. By Asher Elbein In 1830, Henry De la Beche, an English paleontologist, ...

Fossils of two Triassic reptiles show severed heads and necks with bite marks, highlighting a drawback of the extremely long necks common to many ancient sea creatures. “We provide the first tangible ...

Charles Darwin said that evolution was constantly happening, causing animals to adapt for survival. But many of his contemporaries disagreed. If evolution is always causing things to change, they ...