For centuries, the Loch Ness monster has been the subject of folklore, sightings, and squabbles between believers and skeptics. Not to mention more than a few movies, including Nessie & Me (now ...

Contrary to previous beliefs, the plesiosaur spent time in freshwater. Still, scientists doubt the reptile was the Loch Ness monster.

New fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert show that the plesiosaur, a dinosaur-era sea beast often pegged to be the Loch Ness monster, was able to live in freshwater.

Nessie enthusiasts and volunteers will gather in Scotland this month in an intense high-tech search for the fabled and elusive Loch Ness monster.

British scientists say the recent discovery of a plesiosaur fossil in a freshwater river system shows the existence of lake-dwelling Loch Ness monster-type creature was "plausible." ...

Nessie, the legendary monster of Loch Ness, still isn’t “plausible,” even after fossils indicated ancient reptiles called plesiosaurs could live in freshwater.

Plesiosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, but evidence that the long-necked reptiles lived in freshwater, not just oceans, has offered hope to Nessie enthusiasts.