First, tadpoles grow back legs, then front ones. Skin grows over the gills they use to breathe underwater. Their tails shrink ...

She suggests the large size was most likely due to the tadpoles having no competitors in their seasonal ponds. The young ...

Scientists have discovered how to identify frogs from their tadpoles in a step towards saving amphibians from extinction. Conservation efforts to protect the breeding grounds of endangered frogs ...

Young frogs and toads, after they first hatch from eggs, are called tadpoles. Over the next two weeks they change dramatically, called metamorphosis. First, tadpoles grow back legs ...

Some tadpoles have not grown into frogs this year due to the poor weather Tadpoles have decided not to turn into frogs because of this year's bad weather. The young amphibians usually begin their ...

A sixteen-centimeter (6-inch) tadpole fossil intrigues scientists. Discovered in Patagonia, it could well redefine our understanding of the evolution of frogs. This exceptional finding sheds light ...