In humans, hormones signal children's bodies to grow into adults. In tadpoles, even their eye color changes because of hormones. “That’s why frog metamorphosis is a really good model to ...

Young frogs and ... that cause the tadpole's changes. Hormones are chemicals that send messages to organs and cells. In humans, hormones signal children's bodies to grow into adults.

Researchers know frogs were hopping around as far back as 217 million years ago. But exactly how and when they evolved to begin as tadpoles remains unclear. This new discovery adds some clarity to ...

After the team snipped the tails off tadpoles of the western clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis), they observed increased glucose levels in the regenerating cells. “But then we ran into a problem,” says ...

and the pair will traverse precarious rocks and water bodies for the ideal stream to lay eggs into. The tadpoles of the purple frog are eaten by Indigenous communities in southwest India ...

The amphibians can remain in their tadpole form due to overcrowding or ... In India, a species of frogs mate and lay their eggs while upside down, a new study has found. A councillor has warned ...

leaving only a brief window of warm weather for females to lay eggs and tadpoles to metamorphose into juveniles, known as froglets. Cold-climate frogs grow more slowly than their relatives in ...