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 ...

An artist depicts the tadpole and frog individuals of the Notobatrachus degiustoi species. The oldest known tadpole fossil, which belongs to this species, was found in the Patagonia region of ...

to students while learning about a frog's life cycle at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Cape Girardeau.Jordi Brostoski talks to students about a frog's life ...

Tadpoles are to frogs as oranges are to apples. They are so very different, University of Cincinnati Professor Daniel Buchholz said. In his biology lab, he and his students are using a National ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are less likely to move on land, putting ...

A strange purple species of frog that lives most of its life underground undergoes a drastic change from rock-clinging tadpole to grown-up digger, new research finds. "For these remarkable frogs, ...

The word ‘metamorphosis’ comes from the Greek words ‘meta’ meaning change, ‘morph’ which refers to shape, and ‘osis’ meaning a process. Metamorphosis is the process of changing the shape of the body.

A species of frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest faces a 50 per cent increase in the probability of extinction by the 2080s due to climate change, according to a new study. A species of frog endemic ...

New research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are less likely to move on land, putting their survival at risk. New Oregon State ...