Researchers studied the evolution of the body sizes of frogs and their tadpoles. They found that the two life stages do not evolve completely independently of each other as previously thought. If you ...

The wonder of tadpoles morphing into frogs or toads has always provided preschoolers with an enticing entrée into the world of science. But the little critters aren’t just for kids. An ever-widening ...

A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found. By Asher Elbein The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature’s ...

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 specimen, ...

Scientists have found a fossil of the earliest-known tadpole, which lived around 161 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. The large Argentinian fossil suggests that many features of tadpoles ...

A bullfrog baby became a ticking time bomb in the depths of my tranquil backyard pond, and taking action gave me a surprising sense of purpose during the pandemic. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...

If you have any children in your life, imagine for a moment that they don't look anything like their parents, they don't eat anything humans normally eat, and they're active only while adults sleep.