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 ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has released 450 tadpoles and 193 subadult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into the streams of the San Gabriel Mountains in an effort to restore the species ...

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...

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 ...

A new tadpole that burrows through sand has been unearthed from the streambeds in the Western Ghats of India, according to a recent study. A new tadpole that burrows through sand has been unearthed ...

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 ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...

Desert rain frogs became internet-famous because of their bizarre squeaky calls that sound more like dog toys than amphibians . These tiny frogs use the high-pitched squeaks as defensive warning ...

The venue: a remote creek in the San Gabriel Mountains. The attendees: federal ecologists and zoo staffers. The guests of honor: 500 wriggling tadpoles. The cause for celebration: A homecoming for one ...