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The wild-looking Spinosaurus may not have been the Michael Phelps of dinosaurs, as was recently claimed, but rather more like a casual bathing beauty that preferred to wade gracefully in the shallow ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spinosaurus means "spine lizard," an appropriate descriptor, as the dinosaur had very long spines ...

Casablanca, Morocco — At the end of a dim hallway in Casablanca’s Université Hassan II, I’ve walked into a dusty room containing a remarkable set of fossils—bones that raise foundational questions ...

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On the evening of March 3, 2013, a young paleontologist named Nizar Ibrahim was sitting in a street-front café in Erfoud, Morocco, watching the daylight fade and feeling his hopes fade with it. Along ...