tadpole

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

Finally, other animal species, including other mollusks, the common earthworm and even the tadpole stages of frogs, also possess a typhlosole that has not been thoroughly studied before.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

Scientists have compiled many more nematode connectomes, as well as brain maps of a marine annelid worm, a tadpole, a maggot and an adult fruit fly.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2023

She passes developments that from the air look like petri dishes of tadpoles, each tadpole head a cul-de-sac.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

I wanted to show her what I learned: that we are never alone among the tadpoles, silt and stones, that we belong to nature too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Southern Darwin's frog tadpoles grow up inside the vocal sacs of their fathers and are 'born' through their mouths as froglets.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

Each fully grown male, which weighed less than 2g and measured under 3cm, continued to carry the little tadpoles until they metamorphosed into froglets.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

Sharks, far bigger than any great white from my world, trailed behind it, looking like tadpoles in comparison.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda