Remarkably, the fossils show full body outlines of the soft tissues. The team discovered that the excellent condition of the ...

To do this, the researchers employed another type of motor: cilia. 4 Instead of layering different tissues, Blackiston used whole explants from developing frog embryos. While their movements were less ...

FEEDING: Adult frogs presumably eat small invertebrates such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans, and occasionally small vertebrates. Larvae are thought to eat algae, plant tissue, organic debris, ...

The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...