Researchers have discovered that cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads.

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 ...

Although the jumpy critters themselves won't glow, they can produce gorgeous 'froglight' blocks by eating magma cubes - the colour of which depends on the type of frog, which, in turn, depends on ...

The tadpole fossil. Image credits: Nature. Frogs and toads belong ... which in turn under the proper environmental conditions will also grow into a giant adult,” mentions Pereyra.

Cinematographer Michał Dymek’s stark black-and-white lensing of “The Girl With the Needle” won the EnergaCamerimage Golden ...

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 ...

The discovery in Patagonia shows that frogs have had ... This allows the tadpoles to stay in the tadpole stage for longer and grow larger before they metamorphose into adults, making maximum ...

Chuliver said, while a few species — like South America’s paradoxical frog — begin as large tadpoles before developing into small adults. The Notobatrachus tadpole, however, was the same ...

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 ...

Earth’s frogs and toads belong to a group of tailless amphibians called the anurans. The two-stage life cycle–when the aquatic tadpole changes into an adult form–is one of the main ...