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Only 400 of these toads are left in the wild. Here’s what Fort Worth Zoo is doing to help
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Fort Worth Zoo, over the past eight weeks, has released 718,553 endangered Houston toad tadpoles...
Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cosmic tadpole' in a sea of red
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Soul Nebula, with a star-forming "tadpole" in the upper center left. What it is: The Soul Nebula...
These frogs may be evolving because of road salt
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWood frogs return to the same ponds and wetlands each year to lay eggs. When a winter storm lies on the horizon, the salt trucks spring into action. By...
The tender art of tadpole parenting
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMost amphibians aren’t exactly doting parents — they just find a partner and release as many eggs or sperm as possible, in hopes that viable larvae will...
These animal dads carry eggs on their backs, under their skin, or in their mouths
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMale seahorses have some 3,000 genes devoted to their pregnancies. Across all creatures that invest...
Homeowner concerned after discovering strange eggs on their garden wall: ‘Only one way to find out’
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter discovering a strange, gelatinous blob on a garden wall, one homeowner was extremely confused....
World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discovered
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA frog sits on top of its jelly-like eggs while on a leaf. A team of researchers has identified a...
Turtles laid eggs eons before chickens | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year ago. A couple of decades ago, in my herpetology class at the University of Georgia, we were discussing evolutionary ecology and someone asked the age-old...
Check out some of the weirdest warty frogs in North America
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTadpoles of the river frog, Lithobates heckscheri (seen here as an adult), form schools that are...
Toad vs. Frog: Differences in Anatomy, Habitat and More
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDo you know how to tell whether this is a frog or a toad? Herman Bresser / Getty Images It’s time to...