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

"This finding has dual importance because it represents the oldest-known tadpole and, to our knowledge, the first stem-anuran larva," the authors write. "Its exquisite preservation, including soft ...

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 larvae are aquatic and free-swimming—frogs and toads at this stage are called tadpoles. At a certain size, the young develop limbs and lungs. Some also lose their tails. Eventually ...

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 ...

Most frogs and other amphibians hatch as fish-like larvae called tadpoles, or "pollywogs." Tadpoles exist to eat and grow. They eventually transform into froglets, a process called metamorphosis.