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 ...

By studying over 250 toads across five museum collections, and going back over 100 years, researchers have found three new ...

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 ...

Some of our personality traits from childhood stick with us for the rest of our lives. An early shyness on the playground doesn't always go away in the boardroom, for example. But what if your entire ...

Scientists are studying Nectophrynoides frogs that give birth to live young. This unique reproductive method helps them ...

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 ...

Nearly 600 California red-legged frog tadpoles were released into Santa Monica Mountains streams recently, marking an emergency conservation success for a species that vanished from the area more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

Courtesy of the Mercer County Library System The Lawrence Library Branch is excited to raise tadpoles this spring! The young tadpoles were generously donated by a patron, and they on display at the ...