Paleontologists working in Patagonia have unearthed the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole—and it was a whopper, measuring in at more than six inches long, the size of an adult human hand.

The fossil is about a half-foot long and well-preserved, with several of its features clearly imprinted in a slab of sandstone. Parts of the tadpole's skull and backbone, along with impressions of ...

The long-toed stint has been drawing crowds since Friday after being spotted at St Aidans Nature Reserve in Leeds. Usually breeding in Siberia and migrating towards southern Asia and Australia ...