Long necks, short arms, elaborate frills. Did they each have a purpose? Oct. 11, 2009— -- They were among the largest and strongest creatures to inhabit Earth but, as nature would have it, some ...

We just couldn’t believe how weird it was and how unlike any other dinosaur, or indeed any other animal we know of alive or extinct.” More Than Just Defense The striking armor of Spicomellus probably ...

Around 165 million years ago, on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armour and spikes - some about three feet (one ...

A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever found boasted an elaborate armory of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature. Spicomellus, which ...

In a twist straight out of Jurassic Park, a fluffy "feathered" dinosaur tail has been found perfectly preserved in a globule ...

If one thing is true about dinosaurs, it's that they were an immensely diverse group of animals. They took on a multitude of different forms, shapes and sizes, from the mighty sauropods to the weird ...

"First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of UNSW Press Ltd."--Title page verso. "From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the ...

For decades, paleontologists thought armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs mostly roamed the Northern Hemisphere late in the Age of Dinosaurs. Their early history, especially during the Jurassic, was a ...

"The armor of Spicomellus is jaw-droppingly weird, unlike that of any other dinosaur - or any other animal alive or dead - that we've ever discovered," said vertebrate paleontologist Richard Butler of ...

(CNN) — Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes – some about three feet ...