According to at least two ancient and medieval scholars, Alexander the Great encountered sea monsters during his campaigns.

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“This was distinctly not a mammal,” Starnes said. “This was definitely a sea lizard.” Mosasaurs, a diverse group of marine lizards, conquered the seas in the Late Cretaceous period, a time when ...

"This was distinctly not a mammal," Starnes said. "This was definitely a sea lizard." Mosasaurs, a diverse group of marine lizards, conquered the seas in the Late Cretaceous period, a time when ...

"This was distinctly not a mammal," Starnes said. "This was definitely a sea lizard." Geologists in Mississippi found the vertebra of a mosasaur, a predatory marine lizard that lived in the ...

How to make a sea monster and lighthouse Diorama. Inspired by the sea, we have created a sea monster at the base of a lighthouse. They are made from skillful hands mixed with enthusiasm ...

These words include greenout, icefish, afterborn and sea ice. Climatologists, geographers, biologists and ocean scientists each have their own ideas of what constitutes the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Though far from the Arctic, the deep sea of the Caribbean is also very cold—and apparently, more than suitable for these animals. Indeed, Kasana says, it is possible that sleeper sharks ...

You don’t have to pay much attention to the news to know that climate change is causing Arctic sea ice to melt—and to understand that this is a huge problem. Ice reflects sunlight, which helps ...