It's long been thought that dinosaurs were land lubbers -- terrestrial creatures that steered largely clear of water. A groundbreaking discovery in 2014 of a Spinosaurus with features that pointed to ...

(Encore episode) We chat with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim about his team's discovery of the Spinosaurus, the first known swimming dinosaur. The discovery and ...

It looked like a dinosaur, had a mouthful of sharp teeth and stretched as long as some compact cars. But when the extinct marine reptile called Meyerasaurus swam, it had a stroke like something much ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

A new dinosaur species discovered in Mongolia is being called the first prehistoric meat-eater ever found with two legs and a streamlined body adapted for diving and hunting underwater.

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 ...

Spinosaurus, the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur, and its closest relatives long have confounded scientists trying to understand how these unusual water-loving beasts lived their lives and hunted ...

Spinosaurus is the biggest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered, larger even than the famous T. rex. However, the way the ancient beast hunted its game has been debated for decades. Now new research ...

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