A carnivorous amphibian, the Puerto Rican crested toad feeds on a variety of arachnids and insects, including ants, beetles, crickets, and spiders. Tadpoles aren’t very picky either, and will ...

Common toad tadpoles have varied diets consisting of algae ... He’s always wanted to raise awareness of the importance of caring for the planet through his images, which he disseminates through social ...

We know tadpoles go back even earlier because we’ve found frogs as early as the Late Triassic (around 217–213 million years ago), but this is the first time we’ve had a fossil to show for it.

A snapshot of wriggling toad tadpoles has earned Shane Gross the ... “If people learn more through my images, I feel like that’s one of the biggest goals for me, to just show this tiny world ...

The larvae are aquatic and free-swimming—frogs and toads at this stage are called tadpoles. At a certain size, the young develop limbs and lungs. Some also lose their tails. Eventually ...

After hearing about The Buffalo Zoo’s Puerto Rican Crested Toad project – a joint effort with the Toronto Zoo to raise tadpoles in order to then release them in their native Puerto Rican ...