It was a cold case with hundreds of victims. For decades, scientists puzzled over a gruesome mystery: What killed hundreds of fossilized frogs found at an ancient "death trap" in Germany dating to ...

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Last month, we brought you “Ancient Amphibian Death Ditch”. This month, it’s “Ancient Amphibian Sex Swamp Death Trap”. In a tragic tale of lust and loss, hundreds of frisky frogs are believed to have ...

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A team of scientists from University College Cork has discovered that thousands of prehistoric frogs likely died in a swamp sex trap in central Germany. Led by Dr. Daniel Falk and Professor Maria ...