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.
This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 45d ago.
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Coverage (5)
- A New Toad Species Emerges from the La Brea Tar Pits Nautilus | Science · 47d ago
- The First New Ice Age Toad From La Brea Tar Pits – North America's Second Ice Age Amphibian IFLScience · 47d ago
- This new Ice Age toad lived only in LA. Why the discovery matters LAist · 47d ago
- Newly discovered oddball amphibian fossils could reveal clues about the prehistoric LA climate CNN · 47d ago
- A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae Phys.org · 47d ago
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