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 ...

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 ...

Learn how frog eggs and fish eggs differ in structure, habitat, development, and survival, and what they reveal about the ...

Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce with different ...

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 ...

Fitness attributes acquired in aquatic habitats by amphibians exhibiting complex life histories have been shown to cascade through terrestrial juveniles into adulthood, a phenomenon termed carry-over ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS58) -- The spring show at the Mitchell Park Domes focuses on the rebirth of nature and some of its species. "Metamorphosis: The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies" opens at 9 a.m. on ...