The science and technology publication American Scientist wrote about the "record-breaking, 10-inch-long whopper of a ...

Eggs lain in water hatch into (usually water-dwelling) larvae known as tadpoles. Tadpoles are legless and typically have a few fish-like features not seen in adult frogs; for example, they have ...

The American Museum of Natural History writes that American bullfrog tadpoles, scientific name Rana catesbeiana, more typically reach 4 to 6 inches in length and can take up to two years to ...

J. Gould et al., “Diving beetle offspring oviposited in amphibian spawn prey on the tadpoles upon hatching,” Entomol Sci, 22:393–97, 2019. While studying the conservation of endangered amphibians ...

At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known tadpole. And it's a doozy, stretching almost 16 centimeters (or 6 inches) in ...