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A newly discovered 125-million-year-old dinosaur honors Will Proudlove, a Surrey quarry manager who died at 35 before fossils were found at his worksite. His wife Rachel calls it a "huge" honor and says her late husband was fascinated by the fossils that occasionally appeared in the clay.
A dinosaur fossil that sat forgotten in a museum drawer for a century has been identified as an entirely new species. The human-sized predator roamed England 120 million years ago.
A fossil that sat unidentified in London's Natural History Museum for nearly a century has finally been revealed as Europe's first megaraptoran dinosaur. Modern CT scanning technology cracked the case on this 120-million-year-old predator.
A fierce predator armed with 20-centimeter claws sat unnoticed in a London museum for 100 years before scientists realized they had discovered an entirely new species. The dinosaur lived 120 million years ago on what is now the Isle of Wight.
A fossil that sat overlooked in London's Natural History Museum for nearly a century turned out to be a completely new species of dinosaur. The tiger-sized predator with massive claws is the first of its kind ever found in Europe.
A powerful black and white photo of an elephant carrying her dead calf won this year's top prize, showcasing the emotional depth of animal behavior. The London competition attracted entries from 121 countries, celebrating nature's complexity and our need to protect it.