WASHINGTON — The biggest dinosaur predator that ever stalked the Earth was also the weirdest. Scientists announced on Thursday the discovery in Moroccan desert cliffs of new fossil remains of ...

A century ago, scientists unearthed fossils of a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex in the Sahara desert, but until recently, paleontologists thought the fearsome beast was ...

Researchers have discovered that Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the terrifying aquatic dinosaur that lived 100 million years ago, had a powerful tail that enabled it to be accustomed to an aquatic lifestyle ...

A new paper challenges the idea that the large, carnivorous Spinosaurus dived after prey rather than wading and plucking it out of the water. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang has previously reported on ...

Spinosaurus, the biggest known predatory dinosaur, was a "water-loving" carnivore that swam after its prey while fully submerged, according to new research. A new paper published in Nature by a group ...

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, ...

The Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is one of the most famous dinosaur species, but over the past few years, its ferocious reputation has taken a nosedive, hence a series of viral memes about the creature ...

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 ...

Two Spinosaurus hunt Onchopristis, a prehistoric sawfish, in the waters of the Kem Kem river system in what is now Morocco. Davide Bonadonna For the first time in history, researchers say they have ...

What if the giant sail-backed Spinosaurus wasn't actually a swimming dinosaur at all? Despite some scientists' impressions of the dinosaur, as well as the way it is portrayed in Jurassic Park 3, the ...

Jan. 26 (UPI) --The giant dinosaur Spinosaurus, also known as the spine lizard, wasn't able to chase down fish or pursue marine reptiles. Instead, a new analysis -- published Tuesday in the journal ...

(Encore episode) We chat with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim about his team's discovery of the Spinosaurus, the first known swimming dinosaur. The discovery and ...