Amphibians

Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a study published March 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David P. Groenewald…

The smallest of newly found fossils can upend what paleontologists know about our history. A team of paleontologists from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Petrified Forest National Park, among…

Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods -- amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years ago -- preserved in one of Ireland's most important…

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press TRES RIOS, Brazil (AP) — Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with…

What’s incredibly large, full of scales, sharp teeth and fangs, and appears only once a year on the south side of Tucson?If you said some sort of mutant chupacabra, maybe…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Sasha Greenspan, University of Alabama(THE CONVERSATION) It…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Ashley Maynard, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology…

By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When one of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz ’s dogs died after eating a poisonous…

At 190 years old, Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise recently made news for being the "oldest living land animal in the world." Although, anecdotal evidence like this exists that some…