A photograph of a giant, green-and-yellow tadpole longer than a human hand turned up in an X post on Feb. 12, 2025. At the time of this reporting, the post had received more than 296,000 views. At the ...

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 ...

Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." They undergo metamorphosis to grow from their larval stage, as a non-reproductive tadpole that swims underwater, ...

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, ...

The discovery in Patagonia shows that frogs have had a tadpole stage for at least 160 million years. Here’s how the ancient frogs compare to those of today. Tadpoles and adults of the extinct frog ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, dating back approximately 161 million years to the Middle Jurassic period Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gabriel Lío While searching for dinosaur fossils in Argentina, paleontologists made an ...

Newly discovered toads skip the tadpole stage and give birth to live 'toadlets' Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines What's the ...

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 ...

July is a month of early harvest in the garden. Much of the produce; especially the greens, that have been growing through the long days of June can now be gathered. This is also seen with the berries ...