In 1971, researchers uncovered a massive rhino graveyard in northeastern Nebraska that contained the fossils of more than 100 individuals who died during this disaster. Today, the site is known as ...

Volcanic eruption from 12 million years ago preserves a snapshot of extinct animal life. Rhinos that once roamed much of ...

Since the 1920s, people have been finding fossils near Verdigre Creek in northeast Nebraska. However, it wasn’t until 50 ...

Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

The fossils were discovered in 1971 but a new study published ... major’s lack of migration, one rhino expert said the findings add to an ongoing debate about the animal’s migration habits. “I am not ...

Over 100 rhinos died at the same time because of a volcanic eruption in prehistoric Nebraska. It turns out they were all part ...

Rhino expert John Payne spent his career working ... Ward worked as an intern at the place he loved as a child, Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, answering visitors' questions about ...

Ash from the eruption of a volcano in Yellowstone preserved more than 100 specimens of a prehistoric rhino at Nebraska’s Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park. (Image Courtesy of Michael ...

Rhino expert John Payne spent his career working ... Ward worked as an intern at the place he loved as a child, Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, answering visitors' questions about ...

Instead, he found fragments of fossil bone including part of a jaw ... the obvious conclusion was that a rhino was in a shallow pool or stream when it was entombed. Eventually, the lava cooled ...

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