An ancient tadpole fossil, the oldest ever found, was recently unearthed in Argentina, providing insights into the evolution of modern frogs.

NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

For years I’ve followed progress of the STREEK cargo trike, a fascinating-looking electric cargo carrier from Japan. This utility-focused ...

Scientists in Argentina have uncovered the world’s oldest tadpole fossil, dating back 161 million years to the Jurassic ...

Henry Winkler. Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles. Emmy award-winning actor Henry Winkler (“Barry” and “Happy Days”) chatted about ...

Recent discoveries in science include the recreation of a 400-year-old 'vampire' face from Poland, highlighting historical superstitions, and the unearthing of the oldest-known tadpole fossil in ...

Maybe what we should have been asking is, "Which came first: the frog or... The oldest tadpole ever found is 161 million ...

Current science news highlights include the facial reconstruction of a 400-year-old Polish 'vampire', China's latest crewed mission conducting experiments in space, and the discovery of the ...

The oldest recorded fossils of adult frogs date back to around 217 million years ago, in the Late Triassic Period, but the ...

Paleontologists working in Patagonia have unearthed the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole—and it was a whopper, measuring in at more than six inches long, the size of an adult human hand. The specimen, ...

W hen we think of the Jurassic, images of giants come to mind. Giant dinosaurs, giant pterosaurs, giant frogs… If the latter ...