At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs.

Experts think the creatures adapted to river environments in the final million years before they became extinct.

Until now, these terrifying giant aquatic reptiles with a bulky skull and powerful jaws were thought to be sea-dwelling ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...

You wouldn’t want to swim in Late Cretaceous seas. If you’ve seen the first Jurassic World movie, you’ll recognize a mosasaur as the creature that leapt from the water to eat a great white shark. That ...

In yet another plot twist on ancient predators that once terrorized the seas, researchers have identified a new mosasaur species, this one with long, skinny, crocodile-like jaws. Gavialimimus ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The world was a drastically different place 90 million years ago, and Saturday on Good Morning Jacksonville, UNF faculty member Dr. Barry Albright gave viewers a glimpse into what ...

A surprising fossil find shows that some mosasaurs lived in ancient rivers as oceans changed near the end of the Cretaceous.

The gates of Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood will reopen this summer — but this time, visitors can expect a whole new Jurassic world. The rebranded and upgraded Jurassic World: ...

This video examines how introducing a Mosasaurus radically disrupted the game’s balance. Its size, strength, and speed ...

This story is part 10 of the AL.com series “Ancient Alabama,” examining the natural forces that made Alabama what it is over the past 500 million years, and how those forces still shape the state ...

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