The unique features of the Kermitops skull – a blend of archaic and more advanced features – are providing insight into amphibian evolution. “Kermitops helps us understand the early history ...

Instead of their intended target, they stumbled upon something far more significant – a perfectly preserved tadpole impression that would rewrite the timeline of amphibian evolution. The ...

When it rained, it poured for months on end, and when the monsoons ceased, the area became so hot and dry that it was deadly for animals like amphibians, which require moist skin to stay alive.

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil ...

Experts say the discovery may "rewrite the evolution of amphibians in Australia". It was a broken garden wall at his home in Umina - a roughly 90-minute drive north of Sydney - that led to Mihail ...

A newly-identified amphibian is possibly the largest on the ... The research is published in the journal Ecology and Evolution ...

Although humans and amphibians last shared a common ancestor approximately 360 million years ago, comparative studies can shed light on the evolution of the nervous system. By examining the frog ...