A newly discovered Spinosaurus reignites fierce debate over whether these giant predators could actually swim.

Fossils found in Niger belong to a newly identified Spinosaurus species that had a dramatic skull crest and likely hunted ...

A group of scientists recently announced that they had discovered a new species of dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the ...

My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of Spinosaurus — the meat-eating dinosaur that may have rivaled T. rex in size. The new species, called Spinosaurus mirabilis, lived 95 to ...

Researchers analyze the ratios of calcium isotopes in bones and fossils to learn more about what dinosaurs once ate. Credit: ...

The largest predatory dinosaur to ever walk on Earth sported a massive sail that rose from its back, but it turns out this imposing creature would have made for a very slow and awkward swimmer, ...

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 ...

University of Chicago professor Paul Sereno led several expeditions to Niger that culminated in the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, the first evidence of a new species of the Spinosaurus genus in ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...