Frog tadpoles have a remarkable ability to regenerate their tissues—a process that requires a lot of energy, fast. In other animals, rapidly growing tissues, such as tumors and embryos, are thought to ...

Hanging above the water, these red-eyed tree frog tadpoles are easy targets for wasps. However, at just five days old, they ...

Tadpoles aren’t very picky either, and will eat algae, dead scorpions, and even dead tadpoles—that is, if they aren’t eaten first by invasive species that prey on Puerto Rican crested toad ...

Local amphibian advocate Aaron Capouellez will be sharing his passion for frogs, toads and salamanders with area school students this spring.

Since amphibians use our gardens throughout the year, they need shelter, such as a log pile, a dead hedge, a compost heap or the odd boulder.

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 ...

Great crested newts are nocturnal and are voracious eaters, feeding on worms, slugs, and insects on land, and tadpoles and mollusks in water. They are more terrestrial than most newts, but must ...

Shane Gross (Canada) looks under the surface layer of lily pads as a mass of western toad tadpoles swim past. Shane snorkelled in this lake on Vancouver Island for several hours. Any disturbed silt ...