The Lost Universe: Ancient Giant Amphibians â‘  The Origins of Amphibians

Many animal lovers have grown up watching amphibians since they were children. With frogs and newts living in ponds, rivers, ...
Discover Magazine

Dense Bones Helped This 225-Million-Year-Old Ancient Amphibian To Sink

According to the authors of this new study, the temnospondyls were an order of ancient amphibians that adapted to a wide variety of ecosystems and fulfilled a wide variety of ecological functions.
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Bullfrog Bones Reveal a Giant Among Korean Frogs Growing Three Times Larger Than Native Species

Skeletochronology of 49 American bullfrogs in South Korea reveals rapid growth to an asymptotic size more than triple that of ...
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Scientists identify first extinct ice age amphibian found in Los Angeles tar pits

In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo.
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Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species

These scanners use X-rays to reveal the internal structure of small objects and create 3D models so the bones can be studied in much greater detail. Dr. Marc Jones, our curator of fossil reptiles and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Did Thousands of Frog Bones End Up Buried at an Iron Age Settlement?

Archaeologists found the remains of roughly 350 frogs near an Iron Age roundhouse. Photo by JW LTD via Getty Images Just north of Cambridge, England, as archaeologists excavated the site of a planned ...