The discovery is helping to clear up a long-standing mystery as to when frogs and toads evolved their iconic two-stage life-cycle. "The research demonstrates that a tadpole stage followed by a ...

Wood frog tadpoles in infected ponds show faster growth and development, possibly to survive ranavirus or escape before dying ...

which led to a larger body size over the first month of life. Tadpoles also matured faster in die-off ponds, being on average 0.38 stages ahead in their development. But once mass mortality ...

Because these tadpoles are transparent and their developmental stage readily identified, we are able to image and record the electrical activity in individual neurons at different stages in circuit ...

These are tadpoles. They've hatched from these small ... The human life cycle is last, we see clips of the different stages in the life cycle of a human. The teacher could then ask the students ...

They hatch in the water and metamorphose into tadpoles growing arms ... A baby is the first stage in the animal life cycle. At this early stage, almost all babies and offspring need their parents ...

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 ...