Researchers studied the evolution of the body sizes of frogs and their tadpoles. They found that the two life stages do not evolve completely independently of each other as previously thought. If you ...

Nectophrynoides comprise only about one percent of all frogs and toads, but that number is officially increasing. In a study published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology, biologists describe an ...

Tadpole species that lost their lungs through evolution never re-evolve them, even when environmental change would make it ...

Scientists have discovered three new species of African tree toads that break one of biology’s best-known rules. Instead of ...

Amphibians like frogs and toads are a great way to observe metamorphosis. They lay eggs that develop into tadpoles, and then ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has released 450 tadpoles and 193 subadult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into the streams of the San Gabriel Mountains in an effort to restore the species ...

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop faster —but end up being smaller — than tadpoles from forests, probably ...

Tadpoles have decided not to turn into frogs because of this year's bad weather. The young amphibians usually begin their transition into frogs in the UK during April and May, but they have been seen ...

(KRON) — More than 150 endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs were recently released into cool streams of Plumas National Forest to improve their declining population numbers. In 2022, ...

If you have any children in your life, imagine for a moment that they don't look anything like their parents, they don't eat anything humans normally eat, and they're active only while adults sleep.