A sea lion-sized marine dinosaur dubbed Eric who swam in Australian waters hundred of millions of years ago was a pescetarian who enjoyed fish snacks, scientists say. Eric, a plesiosaur named after a Monty Python song, was found to contain 17 previously undescribed fish vertebrae, confirming the Jurassic beasts were mainly pescetarian. Australian National University…

An amateur fossil hunter in western Canada found what she first thought was a “deer hoof” along a northern Albertan river. The remains were actually a reptilian fossil dating back to over 60 million years ago. That paleolith enthusiast, Melissa LaBounty, 33, loves spending her free time digging up clam shells and fossilized plants along the…

While scouring the glacial till that comprises England’s eastern coastal cliffs, a pair of Yorkshire fossil hunters made a colossal discovery some 180 million years in the making. Late last summer, Mark Kemp, 34, a self-taught, professional fossil finder and preparator, and a friend who shares the pastime were exploring the rugged cliffline of Holderness, northwest…