LOS ANGELES - Researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have stumbled upon the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old amphibian forebear. As per the discovery published ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a prehistoric species of amphibian that could be the precursor to modern species − and they bestowed upon it the great honor of being named after a green froggy ...

The rocks in the area in which the skull was found, known as the Red Beds, are over 270 million years old, and contain fossils of several ancient species that are early relatives of modern amphibians, ...

A recently-discovered amphibian ancestor has been named after Kermit the Frog, the ballad-crooning, pig-wooing lime green frog who headlines the Muppets. According to a new study in the Zoological ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period, but there was a Kermit - or at least a forerunner of modern amphibians that has been named after the celebrity frog.

Beneath their slimy skin, some frog species hide a set of secret weapons. In a new series of incredible high-resolution images, researchers reveal in unprecedented detail just how some amphibians' ...

Beneath slick skin, some frogs sport spines, spikes and other skeletal secrets. A new study is the first to take a close look at the evolution and function of extreme frog skulls. Many frogs look like ...

Some frogs love the water; some prefer dry land. Some are colored to stick out, some to blend in. There are nearly 5,000 different species of frogs hopping, croaking, and swimming across the Earth of ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Many frogs look like a water balloon with legs, but don't be fooled. Beneath slick skin, some species sport spines, spikes and other skeletal secrets. While most frogs share a ...

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