In northeastern Brazil, a fossil that had quietly sat in a museum for decades has now rewritten a small part of the history of life on Earth. Scientists discovered a new species of flying reptile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the foreground, two Bakiribu waridza feed in a lake environment while, in the background, Irritator pursues other specimens.

The video examines Azhdarchids, massive flying reptiles often portrayed as dominant predators of their time. Some interpretations suggest they may have hunted large dinosaurs, including young or ...

Experts have discovered a huge new species of fish-eating dinosaur. It has been named Spinosaurus mirabilis and scientists ...

To sort the earliest branches of the dinosaur family tree, paleontologists compare skeletons piece by piece. They build evolutionary trees from hundreds of anatomical traits—hip sockets, vertebrae, ...

A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

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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 ...

Unlike in the advanced labs under the watchful eye of Jurassic Park scientists on the fictional Isla Nublar, much of paleontology isn't so glamorous. From days spent in remote desert landscapes to ...

A UChicago-led team unearthed ‘Spinosaurus mirabilis,’ a fish-eating giant and the first new species of its kind in a century, where nothing like it was supposed to exist ...

The new exhibit now features a choose-your-own-adventure game, interactive panels and activities for guests to get in the mindset of a paleontologist.

Palaeontologists have discovered a colossal new species of dinosaur in a remote part of the Sahara. Named Spinosaurus ...