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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Arctic, feathered … or just weird: what have we learned since Walking with Dinosaurs aired 25 years ago

Four dinosaurs stoos on a rock with some flying in background
A publicity image from for the new BBC series of Walking with Dinosaurs. Photograph: BBC Studios/Lola Post Production/Getty Images

It brought dinosaurs stomping and roaring into the sitting rooms of millions of viewers. Now, 25 years after the series first aired, a new, updated Walking With Dinosaurs is back on the BBC this weekend.

In the intervening years, science has not stood still. About 50 species have been discovered each year since 1999 and the advent of powerful imaging techniques and digital reconstruction have led to major advances in our understanding of what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived. Here are some of the biggest developments.

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