Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists discover a new species of giant amphibian that was one of the largest predators on earth about 220 million year ago.

During the Triassic Period, Poland had a warm climate and was populated by giant amphibians, such as Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Like modern amphibians, Metoposaurus needed water, but an extremely long ...

In the 1990s, a chicken farmer discovered the 240-million-year-old fossil of a giant amphibian that researchers believe to be the ancestor of today's Chinese giant salamander (pictured above). The ...

Using DNA from museum specimens collected in the early 20th century, researchers from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and London's Natural History Museum identified two new species of giant ...

A giant salamander that once lived in the London Zoo and was later on display at the Natural History Museum represents a new species that may be the world's largest amphibian. A giant salamander that ...

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The critically endangered Chinese giant salamander is not just one, but three distinct species, researchers have now confirmed in a new study. One of the newly recognized species, the South China ...

Using DNA from museum specimens collected in the early 20th century, researchers identified two new species of giant salamander -- one of which they suspect is the world's biggest amphibian. Using DNA ...

Scientists have determined that a giant salamander previously housed at the London Zoo not only represents a newly discovered species — it's also likely the largest amphibian known to man. The finding ...