Researchers in China have identified a new breed of dinosaur covered in hollow, porcupine-like spikes. The creature's existence was discovered by a team of paleontologists led by China's Anhui ...

A dinosaur covered in hollow spikes like a porcupine’s spines—a feature never seen before in the iconic ancient reptiles—has been found near the village of Xiawujiazi in China’s Liaoning Province.

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In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...

At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large ...

A 125-million-year-old dinosaur just rewrote what we thought we knew about prehistoric life. Scientists in China have uncovered an exceptionally preserved juvenile iguanodontian with fossilized skin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the dinosaur Spinosaurus mirabilis standing at water's edge over a carcass of the coelacanth Mawsonia some ...

When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While the different strata of sedimentary rock represent periods of ...

A team led by the University of Chicago said it has discovered a new species of dinosaur — a fish-eating giant, and the first new species of its kind discovered in a century. In 2019, a team led by ...

NIAMEY, Niger — At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its ...

Fossils are remarkable for their ability to viscerally connect us with long-lost life. The bulk of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull, the biting point of a shark tooth, the startling familiarity of a hominin ...

New species Spinosaurus mirabilis found in Sahara desert It had a large scimitar-shaped bony crest atop its head Its body, skull and teeth were adapted for fish-eating Spinosaurus was one of the ...