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Australian Amber has preserved ancient life forms in incredible detail — allowing researchers to uncover a 42 million year old secret.

Each episode of Sir David Attenborough's Mammals explores a different environment: Dark, Water, Cold, Heat, Forest and The New Wild

Comptonatus chasei was a plant-eater about the size of a big male American bison, scientists said.

Gaiasia jennyae lived 40 million years before dinosaurs first evolved.

About 2.5 metres long, creature was an apex predator 280m years ago, before age of dinosaurs, say scientists

Scientists have identified a giant salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs that likely ruled waters 280 million years ago

The creature had huge fangs and a skull over 2ft long

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Richard Forrest has spent half a century combing beaches for ammonites and other fossils. Along the Dorset coast, the constant shift of earth, rocks and sand continually reveals fresh evidence of life millions of years ago