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You may remember Spinosaurus aegyptiacus as the villain of “Jurassic Park III.” In that 2001 movie, the sail-backed carnivore swims up to a barge and attacks the human passengers. It’s a cool action scene, but did Spinosaurus really hunt that way? Since the 1980s, experts...

Researchers have discovered that Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the terrifying aquatic dinosaur that lived 100 million years ago, had a powerful tail that enabled it to be accustomed to an aquatic lifestyle, the first time such an adaptation has been reported in a dinosaur. According to the...