Creature named after Kermit the Frog offers clues to amphibian evolution

Washington — There were certainly no Muppets in the Permian period, but there was a Kermit—or at least a precursor to modern amphibians named after the famous frog. Scientists on Thursday described the fossilized skull of a creature called Kermitops gratus that lived about 270 million years ago in what is now Texas. It is … Read more