Researchers in Niger’s Sahara reported fossils confirming a new Spinosaurus species, sharpening debate over how the predator ...

(NEW YORK) — Findings about a newly researched massive fossil support evidence that the giant creature was, in fact, aquatic, a conclusion that has the potential to change our understanding of ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is one of the harshest environments in the world, with temperatures reaching a record of 136°F.

CHICAGO -- During a journey that could be the plot of an adventure novel, paleontologists discovered the fossils of a new dinosaur species in the vast Sahara Desert. "It was the expedition of a ...

Standing in the shallows of an ancient sea, a large Spinosaurus catches a fish, drops it into the water and waits. Before ...

When UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno set out for the central Sahara in 2019, following clues from a decades-old report—a fossilized tooth and a dot on a map—he did not expect the expedition to ...

Back in Chicago, the cleaned and assembled jaw pieces told another story. They belonged to the giant fish-eating dinosaur called Spinosaurus, which refers to a group of semiaquatic, T. rex-size beasts ...

Spinosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered—even bigger than T. rex—but the way it hunted has been a subject of debate for decades. It's hard to guess the behavior of an animal ...