The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

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

A single, scimitar-shaped bone pulled from the Sahara’s sand can look like anything until enough pieces assemble into an animal the size of a school bus. Paleontologists excavating a distant fossil ...

It was a spine-tingling discovery. Fossil hunters might’ve just made the find of a lifetime — the skull of a supersized dinosaur from “hell” with a swordlike horn protruding from its head, per a study ...

Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under ...

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

I t’s not every day that a new dinosaur is discovered, but it is a great day. Paleontologist Paul Sereno experienced one in Niger when his team unearthed what turned out to be a new species of ...

The semi-aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger.

Rare skull fossils of Spinosaurus found in the Sahara reveal a new species with a crest and evidence it hunted fish in inland ...

Learn how a newly discovered 95-million-year-old Spinosaurus mirabilis used interlocking teeth to catch fish in an ancient ...

Scientists have discovered Spinosaurus mirabilis, a massive "hell heron" dinosaur that rivaled T. rex and hunted fish in ...

A blade-crested Spinosaurus discovered in the Sahara is rewriting the final chapter of dinosaur evolution. A study published in Science reports the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a newly ...