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Hungry like a wolf: new insights from old bones housed in the BGS museum collections
BGS scientists are studying the diets of ancient British wolves and how they adapted to changing environments.
![3D scan that Patrick created of the fossil Plesiechinus, a species of Echinoid. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Echinoid-sized960px.jpg)
Boreholes aren’t boring!
Work experience student Patrick visited BGS to learn more about being a professional rock lover.
![A steep furnicular railway track rises up some cliffs behind some red brick buildings](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hastings1.jpg)
Hastings, East Sussex
Hastings lies on the south-east coast of the UK with spectacular cliffs, expansive beaches and a wealth of fossils to find.
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Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Investigating the famous Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation at its namesake bay.
![artist's impression of Auroralumina attenboroughii](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/auroralumina_3_web.jpg)
560-million-year-old fossil is first animal predator
The specimen is the first of its kind to be found and is related to the group that includes modern corals, jellyfish and anemones.
![Normanton Church, Rutland](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/iStock-964493010_web.jpg)
Rutland Water
Rutland Water was recently in the media when one of the longest and most complete Ichthyosaur fossils was discovered on the edge of Rutland water.
![Lathkill Dale looking east](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lathkill_Dale_east_web.jpg)
Upper Lathkill Dale and Ricklow Quarry
Ricklow Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and contains some of the best outcrops of Gigantoproductus fossils in the UK
![Portrait of Mary Anning by Benjamin John Merifield Donne, 1850](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mary_Anning_portrait_web.jpg)
Mary Anning: a remarkable fossil collector
Simon Harris explains what a letter, sent by Anning in 1822, can tell us about her life and work at the time.