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Terrifying ancient Chinese monster grows longer with each generation
The fossil of a completely new species recently found in China has helped reveal the truth about one of the world's most terrifying monster families.
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New technology
'Resurrecting' ancient creatures into robots
Researchers hope to be able to recreate the entire bodies of ancient creatures thanks to a new field: paleontology-inspired robotics.
Archeology
10m long, 100 million year old snake-headed monster appears in Australia
One of the most terrifying monsters of the dinosaur era has emerged almost completely, with its head and body preserved in ancient rock in western Queensland, Australia.
Archeology
Prehistoric snake neck lizards have similar diving abilities to modern sperm whales
Snake neck lizard is a large extinct marine reptilian genus of the Plesiosauria. The first specimen was discovered by Mary Anning between 1820-1821 but lacked a skull.
Archeology
Discover dinosaur fossils like real Loch Ness monsters
Fossils of giant dinosaurs living in the ocean were discovered by Antiquities in Antarctica.
Discover science
The biggest giant sea monster in the Scottish sea: Reusing 7 whales at the same time
The ocean is a world that contains so many mysteries for humans. Hidden in the deep water, where the Sun could not reach there could be giant, powerful creatures.
Discover science
The truth behind the legendary Kraken monster picture found on Google Earth
The video that shows a user who found the giant Kraken monster image in the ocean attracted millions of views on YouTube.
1001 mystery
Monster Lake Nix
One spring day in 1802, a farmer who was cutting grass on the lake suddenly saw a monster sticking its head out of the water, swimming with a big and short leg fin, then…
1001 mystery
Loch Ness lake monster may just be catfish
An expert spends a quarter of a century looking for the mysterious Loch Ness monster monster that the monster may be just a giant European catfish.
1001 mystery
UFO appeared on Loch Ness?
A group of travelers have accidentally captured two mysterious flying objects (UFOs) on Loch Ness, where many rumors suggest that there are sea monsters. Two glowing UFO…
Archeology
The sea creature skeleton resembles the Antarctic Loch Ness monster
Researchers found a 150 million-year-old sea monster skeleton from the Jurassic period in Antarctica, the International Business Times reported on Dec. 23.
Archeology
The boy took two years to restore the 200 million-year-old dragonhead fossil
It took Jonathan Bow two years to attach the 200 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil found in Wales after accidentally breaking it into 200 pieces.
Archeology
Long-necked sea monsters dominate the Jurassic ocean
British scientists found a 165-million-year-old fossil skeleton of an animal in the Jurassic family of the plesiosaur, which is huge in size and many features never seen…
Archeology
Explore Antarctica, discover 1 ton of dinosaur fossils
A group of 12 scientists from the US, Australia and South Africa have discovered more than 1 ton of dinosaur fossils in transit to the remote island of James Ross in Ant…
Archeology
The ancient 'Loch Ness' monster swims like a penguin
The mystery of the swimming style of the dragon (Plesiosaur), an ancient creature with a unique body, was decoded by scientists after nearly two centuries of controversy.