Cane toad tadpoles mostly live on algae and bacteria, but will hasten to eat any eggs of their own species they can access, ...

Joshua Prieto / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow up—they ...

“These guys are hatchable,” she says. Red-eyed tree frogs, Agalychnis callidryas, lay their eggs on foliage at the edge of ponds; when the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water ...

By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader ...

It might seem strange to care about a tadpole, but strawberry poison dart frog moms certainly care about theirs. After her eggs hatch, the mother carries up to five tadpoles on her back to ...

Cane toad tadpoles have ravenous appetites already, so prolonging this life stage allows the modified hatchlings to devour as many as three times the toad eggs than normal. “We seem to have ...

Amphibians lay eggs in water like this frogspawn. The wriggling tadpoles hatch with tails and gills to breathe underwater just like fish. As they grow, they develop legs and lungs and begin to ...