The dinosaur—likened to a "hell heron"—is believed to have had a bright-colored crest sheathed in keratin atop its head.

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Between two of the sites currently hosting events in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics lies an immense dinosaur trackway only ...

Spinosaurus, the only known semiaquatic dinosaur predator, joins Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus among the largest meat-eating dinosaurs.

The unique size and shape of the bones from Spinosaurus mirabilis — the first Spinosaurus species discovered in over a ...

A UChicago-led team unearthed ‘Spinosaurus mirabilis,’ a fish-eating giant and the first new species of its kind in a century, where nothing like it was supposed to exist ...

Named for its astonishing head crest, Spinosaurus mirabilis was found at a newly discovered site known as Jenguebi. This fossiliferous area lies in Niger’s central Sahara and, based on its geology, it ...

A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...

The Iguanodon-like dinosaur had a covering of hollow spikes, according to new research. A new Chinese dinosaur shows that at ...

Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back more than 200 million years have been found on a rock face in the Italian Alps, near the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics venue of Bormio, officials ...