At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known ...

The researchers believe that N. degiustoi likely reached its giant size—which rivaled that of most anurans alive during the age of reptiles (251.9–66.0 million years ago)—as a result of having a long ...

A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species ...

W hen we think of the Jurassic, images of giants come to mind. Giant dinosaurs, giant pterosaurs, giant frogs… If the latter ...

Argentine researchers found by chance what resulted to be the oldest tadpole fossil in the world. According to an article ...

Researchers say the fossil shows the evolution of frogs and toads, revealing that tadpoles today are very similar to their ...

Amphibian fossils, particularly those capturing larval stages, are exceptionally rare due to tadpoles’ soft, delicate bodies, ...

Paleontologists don’t always get what they are digging for. In January 2020, a team from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences was hoping to find some feathered ...

A small international team has found that anurans such as frogs and toads will be facing increased risks to their survival in the coming years due to water habitats drying up as a result of global ...

Gabriel Lío Both frogs and toads belong to a group of tailless amphibians known to science as the "anurans." Modern anurans are notable for having a two-stage lifecycle. Eggs lain in water hatch ...