A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae
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"A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Nautilus | Science, IFLScience, LAist and CNN. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- A New Toad Species Emerges from the La Brea Tar Pits Nautilus | Science · 16h ago
- The First New Ice Age Toad From La Brea Tar Pits – North America's Second Ice Age Amphibian IFLScience · 16h ago
- This new Ice Age toad lived only in LA. Why the discovery matters LAist · 16h ago
- Newly discovered oddball amphibian fossils could reveal clues about the prehistoric LA climate CNN · 16h ago
- A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae Phys.org · 16h ago
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