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'It's a new species, and it would have been able to deal with Tyrannosaurus rex straight up in a fight. So what more do you want?'

British TV icon makes the ‘discovery of a lifetime’ in new BBC documentary

BBC documentary uses cutting-edge science and visual effects to show how details about the Jurassic pliosaur came to light

Prey has been discovered inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, scientists said Friday, revealing that the mighty dinosaurs had an "appetite for drumsticks" when they were young.

Rare preserved stomach contents show young dinosaur feasted on drumsticks of speedy turkey-sized creature

Researchers have discovered the oldest-known fossils of mosquitoes - two males entombed in pieces of amber dating to 130 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and found near the town of Hammana in Lebanon. The male mosquitoes possessed elongated piercing-sucking mouthparts seen now only in females.

Fossil initially thought to be plant turns out to be baby turtle, nicknamed 'Turtwig' after Pokémon character.

Re-examination finds what were taken to be veins of leaves are actually bone growth patterns

We might have a shorter lifespan as a result of dinosaurs, but is that so bad?