7+ hour, 30+ min ago  (62+ words) Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, led a team that discovered Spinosaurus mirabilis in Niger's central Sahara. The species is named for its distinctive scimitar-shaped crest. Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, led a…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago  (307+ words) Feb 19 (Reuters) - It was not an easy task for a team of dinosaur-hunting scientists to reach the remote site called Jenguebi in northern Niger deep in the Sahara Desert. It was fitting that "the closest locality was named Sirig Taghat,…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago  (761+ words) Feb 19 (Reuters) - 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 blade-shaped head crest and jaws bearing interlocking…...

17+ hour, 7+ min ago  (551+ words) Around 95 million years ago, a Spinosaurus dinosaur with a tall, blade-like crest on its head and a large sail on its back lived in what is now Niger, a new study finds. The newfound species, which the researchers have named…...

19+ hour, 7+ min ago  (42+ words) During a 2022 expedition to Niger in West Africa, fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, called Spinosaurus Mirabilis, were discovered. During a 2022 expedition to Niger in West Africa, fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, called Spinosaurus Mirabilis, were discovered....

22+ hour, 59+ min ago  (824+ words) During a journey that could be the plot of an adventure novel, paleontologists discovered the fossils of a new dinosaur species in the vast Sahara Desert. "It was the expedition of a century, without exaggeration," Paul Sereno, a professor of…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (411+ words) Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide insight into the first human movements in North America. A research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old, confirming an earlier study that dates the prints to 10,000 years older…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (178+ words) Reaching 15 million years further into the past, this specimen achieves the earliest record of dome-headed evolution. A 1-meter length constraint exposes the inaccuracy of historical size depictions for Zavacephale rinpoche. High vascularity within the skull domes suggests these structures were…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (254+ words) Tucked away on the quiet western edge of an East Sussex town, Lake Wood remains one of the county's lesser'known landscapes " a place many locals have heard of but few have actually explored. The lake sits just outside of Uckfield,…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1196+ words) A Titan beetle specimen can reach a high and profitable valuation, but only after meeting specific requirements. The Titan beetle, a member of the Cerambycidae family, is difficult to find due to its short adult lifespan of about 24 weeks. The…...