Cleopatra and her kin knew a thing or two about crafting an alluring smoky eye. Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians' heavily painted eyelids did more than attract admirers ...

But when did this common tree frog ancestor appear, and when did it diverge into these two separate frog families? A new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology provides some answers ...

This discovery offers key insights into ancient frog reproduction and survival. It represents the oldest known gravid frog, as no other fossil from this period has been found with eggs still inside.

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia's earliest known species of tree frog – one that once hopped and croaked around an ancient lake ...

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A sandstone slab imprinted with clawed footprints could mean that four-legged animals (tetrapods) transitioned from sea to land 35 million years earlier than previously thought. That finding of the ...

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