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 ...

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.

Their new study, published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology, suggests a swamp where frog mating took place 45 million years ago was actually a watery death trap. The mucky graveyard lies in ...

These are Cajun swamp people, and when the stress of the gator season is behind them, they go ''frog hunting''. ''I bin froggin' since I was a liddle biddy girl,'' one swamp person said in a ...

The frog likely died while mating in an ancient swamp.D. Falk Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at one of the world's richest fossil beds. Researchers concluded the frogs ...

What killed a couple hundred ancient frogs? NPR's Ari Daniel brings us a mystery that at long last may have been solved. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Central Germany was once a coastal, subtropical swamp.