This odd-looking new Spinosaurus is reviving an age-old debate

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Discover New Lineage of Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolins Using Scales in the Museum’s Collection

For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammals ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Giant Carnivore Ran on Hooves. Scientists Are Investigating Its Massive Skull and Crushing Teeth to Decipher the Beast’s True Nature

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...