tadpole
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Populations with fewer peptides during the tadpole stage continued to suffer high death rates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
"This detailed work on a bunch of simply glorious fossils nails it that they went straight into a juvenile phase so didn't need to go through the tadpole stage."
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
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
A snapshot of wriggling toad tadpoles has earned Shane Gross the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
That’s why Elwell, Odell and Chaves don’t keep fish in their ponds; they don’t want hungry fish to gobble up frog eggs or tiny tadpoles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
The research team collected frog eggs from nine populations and allowed them to hatch into tadpoles.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
Sometimes Trampita and I watched tadpoles and little fish in the nearby reservoir.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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