The fossil was collected in 1984 but so many were found that researchers didn't get around to examining it until 2021, when they discovered a new member of the amphibian family tree. Good morning.

The latest finding, researchers say, fleshes out the amphibian family tree and helps narrow down how frogs, salamanders, and their relatives originated. With Kermitops as a reference, scientists ...

In research published last month in Nature Communications, he and his team provided an answer: Noodle-like proteins found across the amphibian family tree have been adapted by a number of species ...

Incorporating creatures like Kermitops into research is vital for bridging gaps and gaining insights into the early development of the amphibian family tree.

It then munches on insects and insect larvae, absorbing some much-needed moisture through its porous skin. Glass frogs are a family of tree frogs that thrive throughout South America. Though there are ...

Adding relatives like Kermitops into the fold is essential for fleshing out the early branches of the amphibian family tree. "Kermitops offers us clues to bridge this huge fossil gap and start to ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

the earliest known member of the pelodryadid family of Australian tree frogs. The study is based on fossils unearthed from Murgon on the traditional lands of the Waka Waka people of south-eastern ...