A team of researchers reconstructed an ancient marine ecosystem – and discovered a previously unseen seventh layer in its ...

Introduction / I.L. Boyd, S. Wanless, and C.J. Camphuysen -- Effects of fisheries on ecosystems : just another top predator? / A.W. Trites, V. Christensen, and D ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

What would happen if the fiercest marine predators swapped the salty sea for our freshwater lakes and rivers? It may sound like science fiction, but nature has proven that aquatic adaptability is a ...

The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, plesiosaurians, and thalattosuchians, dominating food webs during the Jurassic and ...

The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume?

A recent study has revealed an extraordinary discovery about mosasaurs, the giant marine reptiles that once ruled the seas. Fossil evidence, including a mosasaur tooth found alongside T. rex remains ...

Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous oceans are known for enormous and fierce predators like pliosaurids with 2-meter-long jaws, toothy thalattosuchia crocodyliforms, and fast, fish-like ichthyosaurians ...