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

Millions of years ago, a 16-centimetre tadpole met an untimely end, sinking to the bottom of a pond where it would stay for millennia. Research on the Jurassic amphibian, which has today been ...

Although it is aquatic, it sometimes leaves the water and flies off to settle in a new pond. Like the adults, great diving beetle larvae are voracious predators. They can attack other aquatic insects, ...

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 ...

On a rainy night in March, they awaken and trek back to the pond where they hatched to mate. Females lay from 200 to 300 eggs, but only about half develop into tadpoles. Tadpoles emerge from their ...

Emerging from a partially frozen pond more than 6,000 feet high in the ... brief window of warm weather for females to lay eggs and tadpoles to metamorphose into juveniles, known as froglets.

A large tadpole swims near the surface of a pond at the Washington Works Nature Trails. The park near Dupont Road and U.S. 50 has several ponds. If you have a recent photo that showcases the beauty of ...