In a discovery rewriting the evolutionary playbook, scientists have unearthed a 161-million-year-old tadpole fossil in ...

It marks a milestone in our understanding of amphibian evolution. Particularly it adds to the origins and endurance of the ...

"The research demonstrates that a tadpole stage followed by a drastic metamorphosis was a successful strategy of great relevance to the evolution of frogs and toads," paper author and ...

At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known ...

Scientists have unearthed a fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina — a shock finding that could alter our understanding of amphibian evolution, experts say. Paleontologists made the ...

It marks a milestone in our understanding of amphibian evolution. Particularly it adds to the origins and endurance of the biphasic life cycle seen in frogs today. The tadpole fossil. Image ...

A search for dinosaur fossils unintentionally shifted into a discovery of the oldest tadpole ever discovered when a team ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, dating back approximately 161 million years to the Middle Jurassic period. Strawberry poison-dart frog transporting the tadpoles.

So, like, any kid who stared into a puddle knows how awesome tadpoles are. CHANG: Yeah. KWONG: It turns out they're even more awesome than we thought, if you ask evolution. CHANG: Wow. I have an even ...