Scientists have discovered three rare frog species in Tanzania that give birth to live young - skipping the tadpole stage entirely.

Nectophrynoides comprise only about one percent of all frogs and toads, but that number is officially increasing. In a study published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology, biologists describe an ...

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give ...

"It was very reminiscent of the scene in 'Alien' where the little monster explodes out of the stomach of the poor human who has been impregnated with that larval alien." Jim McGuire, herpetologist, ...

Researchers studied the evolution of the body sizes of frogs and their tadpoles. They found that the two life stages do not evolve completely independently of each other as previously thought. If you ...

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 ...

L. larvaepartus (male, left, and female) from Indonesia is the only frog ever discovered to birth live tadpoles. Photo: Jim McGuire Here's how frogs usually grow: Gooey clutches of frog eggs (a ...

High in India's Western Ghats, the Malabar gliding frog builds a unique foamy nest suspended above water, protecting up to 200 eggs. Upon hatching, ta ...

Some tadpoles break the rules of biology. Instead of developing lungs as they grow, they lose them entirely and still manage ...

Hundreds of golden frog tadpoles have hatched as part of the Golden Frog Project. The Project aims to serve as Noah's Ark until a solution to control a fungus is found. Hundreds of golden frog ...