Curiosity has spent the last five years exploring an ancient lake bed. (sciencenews.org)
COVER Clouds pass over Kenya's Lake Magadi, where geologists are drilling a core to gather detailed climate data from the ancient lake bed. (science.sciencemag.org)
That the fossil was found in what was once an ancient lake bed suggests that this particular rodent may have made an unfortunate mistake — it may accidentally have landed on the lake and drowned. (discovermagazine.com)