Ice Age Secrets Unsealed: A Tiny Toad's Big Clues The La Brea Tar Pits have long been a treasure trove of Ice Age secrets, yielding fossils of mammoths and saber toothed cats that transport us to a bygone era.
However, the latest discovery from this famous fossil site is a tiny one – a previously unknown species of spadefoot toad, Spea labreae, which has been hiding in plain sight for decades. Lead author Dr.
Alberto Cruz stumbled upon the toad's fossils while studying the Tar Pits' reptile and amphibian collections.