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

Frogs and toads belong to an order called Anura — so technically speaking, frogs and toads are anurans. Anurans begin life as ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest giant tadpole fossil, dating back over 160 million years, in Argentina.

When we think of the Jurassic, images of giants come to mind. Giant dinosaurs, giant pterosaurs, giant frogs… If the latter had never occurred to you, might we offer up the oldest known tadpole on ...

In the new study, the team describes this well-preserved fossil tadpole. It belongs to the species Notobatrachus degiustoi and dates back about 168 to 161 million years to the Middle Jurassic. Most ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Ecophysiology is the study of how the environment, both physical and biological, interacts with the physiology of an organism. It includes the effects of climate and nutrients on physiological ...