When science teacher Sharry Dalbec took her students at Merritt Creek Academy out to explore the school pond during the first week of classes, she noticed something strange lurking beyond the surface ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Recently, two species of frogs were discovered on the ...

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.

“Pollywogs” bring back the kid in all of us! For those of us older folks, do you recall your first encounter with “pollywogs?” For many of us, tadpoles were one of the first creatures that we observed ...

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The large, shadowy, big bad monster is still shrouded in mystery in the first few episodes of the new season of Stranger Things, but a smaller, cuter creature has found its way into Mike, Will, Lucas, ...

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I’m not someone who keeps up with biology or zoology, but what is or are pollywogs and why is it the title of the film? Well, a pollywog is another name for a tadpole, so are far as I can tell they ...