Paleontologists unearthed a new species of Spinosaurus in the Sahara Desert in Niger, a discovery that adds to the debate over whether the prehistoric creatures were fully or semi-aquatic ...

A new study suggests features in the prehistoric creature's mouth helped it eat more efficiently, giving the species the energy needed to go airborne ...

Scientists were “astonished” to find a new species of Spinosaurus with a scimitar-shaped bony crest—uncovered in the Sahara ...

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

Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo ...

“DNA is much easier to find in the ‘soft parts’ of an animal – their organs, blood vessels, nerves, muscle and fat,” explained William Ausich, Professor Emeritus of Paleontology at The Ohio State ...

At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby ...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is ordering federal agencies to begin “identifying and releasing” government ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

Spinosaurs have sometimes been portrayed as swimmers or divers, but a new species of these dinosaurs bolsters the idea that they were more like gigantic herons ...

The tooth lodged in the snout indicates the T rex bite was delivered during combat to maintain control of a struggling animal ...

At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large ...