Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts.

When frogs and toads see Epomis beetle larvae waggling their antennae and jiggling their jaws, they must think, "Aha! Easy meal." But in a freaky turnabout, the little larvae latch onto the bodies ...

Gasith discovered the beetle’s behaviour four years ago, when he found several larvae attached to frogs in the wild ... a new amphibian to fuel the next stage of its growth.

Frogs and toads in the U.S. have some of the most eclectic diets imaginable. All adults are carnivorous, whereas tadpoles — the larval aquatic stage of development — are generally herbivorous.

This rather odd species is unusual because it gets smaller as it grows up — it is notably larger in the larval stage than in the adult stage. The paradoxical frog's substantial tadpole is three ...

The males clutch the eggs for days on top of a leaf until the young reach the aquatic larvae stage and hatch. The most unique thing about glass frogs, however, is their skin. From the head down to ...

This is called the larva stage. Animals all grow into adulthood at different speeds, this happens very quickly for animals like birds but much more slowly for humans and elephants. Frogs start ...

Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." They undergo metamorphosis to grow from their larval stage, as a non-reproductive tadpole that swims ...

Amphibians, and particularly frogs, undergo a unique two-stage metamorphosis, transitioning from an aquatic larval stage to a terrestrial adult form. But did this remarkable life cycle already ...

More information: Bun Ito et al, Phytotelmata‐dwelling frog larvae might exhibit no defecation: A unique adaptation to a closed aquatic environment, Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4428 ...

Wood frogs go from egg to adult in only three months in the spring. Green frog larvae can remain as tadpoles through the whole summer, swimming in higher water temperatures as a result.