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 ...

Tadpoles will usually stick together in large schools for social interactions and safety. Now we get to perhaps one of the ...

frogs and toads are anurans. Anurans begin life as aquatic, gilled larvae, known as tadpoles, and undergo a dramatic ...

Eleven endangered male frogs that traveled 7,000 miles in a bid to save their species from extinction have “given birth” to ...

To investigate how this hormone might prepare juvenile amphibians for metamorphosis, the team analyzed levels of mRNA transcripts for leptin receptor proteins and for the hormone itself in tadpoles of ...

Some amphibians breathe through their skin! Metamorphosis – The changes that some animals go through as they grow. The change from a tadpole to frog is an example of a metamorphosis. Omnivores ...

Another special feature of most amphibians is their egg-larva-adult life cycle. The larvae are aquatic and free-swimming—frogs and toads at this stage are called tadpoles. At a certain size ...

Uniquely among amphibians, male Darwin’s frogs carry their tiny tadpoles inside their vocal sacs to protect them until they metamorphose into froglets. The dad then spits out a succession of ...