Frogs and other amphibians rely on the surrounding environment to regulate their body temperature. On hot days they might seek shade, water or cool spaces underground. But what if everywhere is too ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found.

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls ... Fossils are known from South Africa and Australia in the south, as well as North America, Europe and Russia in the north ...

In the study, published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians’ success ... “Fossils are known from South Africa and Australia in the south ...