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University College Cork (UCC) paleontologists have discovered why hundreds of fossil frogs died in an ancient swamp 45 million years ago: It happened during mating. The watery death trap in the ...

A team of scientists from University College Cork has discovered that thousands of prehistoric frogs likely died in a swamp sex trap in central Germany. Led by Dr. Daniel Falk and Professor Maria ...

The common frog is one of the amphibians with the highest distribution in the Iberian Peninsula. It reproduces preferably in permanent areas of water where it comes into contact with the red swamp ...

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The common frog is one of the amphibians with the highest distribution in the Iberian Peninsula. It reproduces preferably in permanent areas of water where it comes into contact with the red swamp ...

The fate of hundreds of frogs that died 45 million years ago in an ancient swamp has long baffled scientists studying how they met their demise. Now, researchers say the swamp likely acted as a sex ...

Researchers have solved an ancient mystery — what killed a group of prehistoric frogs. Prior research blamed lack of oxygen or dried up lakes, but the true culprit was a swamp mating death trap. It's ...

Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at one of the world's richest fossil beds. Researchers concluded the frogs were likely killed while mating, solving a decades-long mystery. The ...