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

Twelve million years ago, a massive herd of rhinos gathered at a watering hole in what is now northeastern Nebraska. But when ...

Ancient rhinos lived in tight-knit herds and died together at Nebraska’s Ashfall Fossil Beds, study of teeth reveals ...

Entombed at the Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, teeth from the rhino fossils were analyzed by researchers at the ...

Twelve million years ago, massive herds of prehistoric rhinos known as Teleoceras major roamed the plains of present-day Nebraska — then many of them died out in dramatic fashion. When the nearby ...

The fossils were discovered in 1971 but a new ... “The rhinos likely weren’t killed immediately like the people of Pompeii. Instead, it was much slower. They were breathing in the ash.