The fossil record shows that frogs date back to the Permian, about 270 million years ago. However, until recently, no tadpole fossil older than the Cretaceous, over 145 million years ago, had been ...

She wants to compare tree pollen from a modern forest killed by acid rain with fossil pollen found in Permian rocks. Like a homicide detective at a crime scene, Looy sealed the cone in a plastic ...

There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period ... published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The fossil was collected in 1984 near Lake Kemp in Texas and kept ...

A fossil enthusiast recently discovered a fossilized ... significant importance for studying marine biodiversity in the Permian period in southwestern China and for analyzing paleoenvironmental ...

The Permian period immediately predated the dinosaurs. Ronchi said he was also “surprised by the abundance and preservation” of the fossils when he first saw the images. “It is the first time we have ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ian writes on fossil energy, climate, and transition to renewables. The Permian basin of West Texas and Southern New Mexico is the premier ...