The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor tens of millions or even billions of species still unknown to science. For ...

The semi-aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger.

Scientists were “astonished” to find a new species of Spinosaurus with a scimitar-shaped bony crest—uncovered in the Sahara Desert.

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A recent analysis hosted at the University of Arizona has researchers arguing ...

Across the planet, scientists are cataloging life at a pace that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. New species are being logged into the record books so quickly that the formal process of ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

In 2025, scientists have named several new dinosaur species and are learning new facts about the remarkable lives of dinosaurs. Paleontologists have found a 'Dragon price' dinosaur — which may be a ...