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 ...

A swamp in Germany may have been a sex death trap for hundreds of frogs and other water-breeding creatures 45 million years ago.

The ancient swamp was a "sex death trap" for the frogs, according to a statement that Zenger News obtained from the University College Cork (UCC), on Wednesday, July 6.

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.

Well-preserved skeleton of a frog from the Geiseltal region, in Germany. The frog likely died while mating in an ancient swamp.D. Falk Scientists analyzed hundreds of frog fossils in Germany, at ...

Brazilian backland casque-headed tree frogs were found on “thin perches about 1.5 m (5 feet) in height in Cerrado swamp forests,” researchers said. When picked up, the frogs’ skin secreted a ...

The Blommersia bara frog is “relatively small,” ranging from about 0.7 inches to about 1 inch in size, the study said. It has a “slender” body with a variety of patterns, primarily ...

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.