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The silver-eyed species was discovered in a remote alpine meadow in Papua New Guinea’s Star Mountains, according to a study.
The morning is calm and clear. Probably the coolest time of day, the temperature is in the upper 50s. I walk to the lake to look at this summer scene. A phoebe nesting here is active. Red-eyed vireos ...
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 ...
Research on tadpole ecology in Maharashtra's Konkan region rock pools reveals critical factors influencing frog breeding and conservation strategies.
Researchers found that wood frog tadpoles can adapt to ranavirus infections by speeding up their growth, potentially improving survival chances. The study found that faster development might enhance ...
We examined the effects of predation risk on morphological and transcriptomic responses of northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipien s) tadpoles via experimental manipulation of predator cues and by ...
Aphotograph of a giant, green-and-yellow tadpole longer than a human hand turned up in an X post on Feb. 12, 2025. At the time of this reporting, the post had received more than 296,000 views. At the ...
This tadpole larger than a human hand could never become a frog. Here's what we know Arizona’s 10-inch bullfrog polliwog was discovered in 2018.
Young frogs and toads, after they first hatch from eggs, are called tadpoles. Over the next two weeks they change dramatically, called metamorphosis. First, tadpoles grow back legs, then front ...
Suctioned to a leaf bottom in the rainforests of South and Central America, glass frogs seem to vanish in plain sight—the transparent skin of their undersides erasing the hard edges of their ...