And then there’s that fin. Ibrahim and colleagues hint that the sail of Spinosaurus might have been a way to add some extra weight for staying submerged. That could be true, but it doesn’t ...

though she adds that the creatures‘ extra bone density may have counteracted this effect. And then there’s one of Spinosaurus’s hallmark traits: its hydrodynamically vexing, six-foot-tall ...

Spinosaurus: The Aquatic Dinosaur : Short Wave (Encore episode) We chat with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim about his team's discovery of the Spinosaurus, the first ...

“We think Spinosaurus, one of the largest predatory animals ever to have evolved, needed extra bone strength to support its weight on its relatively short hind limbs,” Sereno said. “Spinosaurus was ...

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Researchers in Spain have identified a new spinosaurus species that walked on two legs, feasted on fish and measured between 32 and 36 feet when it was alive. The researchers who named the newest ...

CHICAGO — The newest addition to the Field Museum on Chicago’s lakefront will give visitors a glimpse of the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered via a 46-foot cast of a Spinosaurus ...