Scientists at the Smithsonian identified a fossilized skull from a 270 million-year-old amphibian, which they've named Kermitops gratus Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period, but there was a Kermit - or at least a forerunner of modern amphibians that has been named after the ...

Scientists found the ancient amphibian fossil in the collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The rocks in the area in which the skull was found, known as the Red Beds, are over 270 million years old, and contain fossils of several ancient species that are early relatives of modern amphibians, ...

The species seemed to have bug eyes and a smile, so a team of researchers named it Kermitops gratus in honor of the banjo-playing Muppet. By Michael Levenson One crawled across the rain-drenched ...

Scientists on Thursday described the fossilized skull of a creature called Kermitops gratus that lived in Texas about 270 million years ago. The fossil was collected in 1984 near Lake Kemp in Texas.

First, I want to apologize. My Kermit the Frog post was not entirely sincere. Allow me to explain. Last weekend—delirious from a lack of sleep and hoping that my screaming toddler would soon settle ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a prehistoric species of amphibian that could be the precursor to modern species − and they bestowed upon it the great honor of being named after a green froggy ...

Arjan Mann (right), a Smithsonian postdoctoral paleontologist and former Peter Buck Fellow, and Calvin So (left), a doctoral student at George Washington University, holding the fossil skull of ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

NEW YORK – The reviews are in for Kermit the Frog’s Broadway debut, and critics are saying he’s ribbiting. The amphibious A-lister is now appearing alongside members of the Muppet gang in “Rob Lake ...

Fans have long joked that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sounds exactly like Kermit the Frog. During Super Bowl Opening Night on Monday, Mahomes reaffirmed this when sitting for a ...