A tadpole fossil, dating back over 160 million years, has been identified as the oldest ever found. Measuring an impressive ...

Organisms living in seasonal environments are often limited by the time available to complete their development. Especially individuals in northern populations may face severe time constraints in ...

Flexible electrodes were implanted into tadpole embryos when they were days old - Liu Lab/Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Cyborg tadpoles with electrodes grown into their brains ...

Blind tadpoles were able to process visual data from eyes grafted onto their tales after being treated with a "neurotransmitter drug" that improved the organs' integration and function. The study was ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

Couch's spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus couchii) breed in ephemeral desert ponds that are highly variable in duration. Rapid development is expected to be advantageous in short-duration ponds, but slower ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A series of synthetic chemicals widely used in household products, food packaging and clothing have a significant effect on the development of frogs, even at low doses, ...

New research sheds light on a phenomenon called neuroplasticity. You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better tadpoles. To better understand how humans learn, ...