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The frogspawn will eventually transform into tadpoles, and the tadpoles will become new frogs. Only one more thing you need to figure out before you can start the frog farm: how to find slimeballs?

Scientists in Argentina have uncovered the world’s oldest tadpole fossil ... This fossil provides crucial insight into the development of ancient frogs and shows that their transformation ...

This "giant" tadpole, measuring 16 centimeters (6 inches), shows signs of ossification, revealing an advanced stage of development. Researchers believe it was ready to begin its transformation into an ...

Eggs lain in water hatch into (usually water-dwelling) larvae known as tadpoles. Tadpoles are legless and typically have a few fish-like features not seen in adult frogs; for example, they have ...

Call it a grand-phibian. 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.

Measuring about six inches long—similar to a hot dog—this fossil is the oldest-known tadpole ever found and offers new insight into the evolution of frogs. Tadpoles typically undergo a dramatic ...

Tadpoles are delicate creatures. They're made of much more cartilage than a frog and this larval phase only lasts a few months before they transform. Because of this, the study has been really ...

Researchers know frogs were hopping around as far back as 217 million years ago. But exactly how and when they evolved to begin as tadpoles remains unclear. The oldest-known tadpole fossil found ...

And also, the tadpole stage only lasts a few months before the tadpole transforms into that adult frog. So it's been very hard for scientists to find tadpole fossils that are this well-preserved.