tadpole

Populations with fewer peptides during the tadpole stage continued to suffer high death rates.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

"This image swirls with light, energy and a feeling of synchronised movement between the lilies and the tadpole tails," said Kathy Moran, Jury Chair and Editor.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023

I decide not to tell him that I ended up being sent back to tadpole after almost drowning another camper while I flailed around in the deep end.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

That's not what we would expect to see in amphibians, whose metamorphosis from tadpoles into adults includes much more dramatic rearranging and development of organs and limbs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Within four to twelve weeks after hatching, these little tadpoles begin their transformation into toads, with only about 1% making it to adulthood.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

At another point, McNeish stopped at a dry depression and poked her yardstick into tangled aquatic plants, finding dead tadpoles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

"The strategy involved releasing thousands of eggs, tadpoles and juvenile cane toads into wild waterbodies in the Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia's Kimberley region, immediately ahead of the invasion frontline," says Dr Ward-Fear.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024

He captures snowflakes, tadpoles, hibernating frogs; he coaxes bread from bakers with none to sell; he regularly appears in the kitchen with fresh milk for the babies.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr