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 ...
In one of the tallest rain forests in the world, scientists have discovered a fanged frog that gives birth to live tadpoles. Of the 6,455 known species of frogs on our planet, it is the only one to ...
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 ...
"It was very reminiscent of the scene in 'Alien' where the little monster explodes out of the stomach of the poor human who has been impregnated with that larval alien." Jim McGuire, herpetologist, ...
Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." They undergo metamorphosis to grow from their larval stage, as a non-reproductive tadpole that swims underwater, ...
Hundreds of golden frog tadpoles have hatched as part of the Golden Frog Project. The Project aims to serve as Noah's Ark until a solution to control a fungus is found. Hundreds of golden frog ...
The brightly colored species had been misidentified in museum records and field observations since 1988, according to a study.
July is a month of early harvest in the garden. Much of the produce; especially the greens, that have been growing through the long days of June can now be gathered. This is also seen with the berries ...
L. larvaepartus (male, left, and female) from Indonesia is the only frog ever discovered to birth live tadpoles. Photo: Jim McGuire Here's how frogs usually grow: Gooey clutches of frog eggs (a ...
From Alaska to Florida, a novel and yet-unnamed protozoan is knocking off tadpoles. Species vulnerable to “the beast” belong to the genus Rana, which includes leopard frogs, green frogs, and bullfrogs ...