WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Spinosaurus, the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur, and its closest relatives long have confounded scientists trying to understand how these unusual water-loving ...

Newly unveiled fossils indicate a dinosaur known as Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was built to live part of the time in water, according to a report published online for the journal Science. Measuring 50 ...

Paleontologists have long been puzzled about how the Spinosaurus – a giant dinosaur and aquatic predator – would have behaved. Now, they believe it would have been less like an otter, and more like a ...

A group of paleontologists just announced it’s found “unambiguous evidence” suggesting that at least some species of Spinosaurus—a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period in ...

When I was a kid, Spinosaurus was one of my favorite dinosaurs. There was something so wonderfully odd about a massive predator with a sail on its back, but the trouble was that no one had a good idea ...

A new Spinosaurus fossil has revealed that this gigantic predatory dinosaur was a proficient swimmer. The first fossil of the creature’s tail has been discovered, revealing large spines that indicate ...

Spinosaurus has changed dramatically since I was a kid. The model I used to terrorize my other toys with looked like an overgrown Allosaurus with a giant sail on its back. As paleontologists ...

After millions of years, six incredible dinosaurs are coming back to life. In “Walking with Dinosaurs” on PBS, paleontologists discover the lives behind the fossils, using the latest scientific ...

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Fossils from Morocco gave an international team of paleontologists the opportunity to fill in huge gaps in their knowledge about Spinosaurus, one of history's scariest dinosaurs — and the result was a ...