The oldest tadpole ever found is 161 million years old and amazingly preserved Enlarge this image toggle caption Gabriel Lío Gabriel Lío Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is called a "bi-phasic life cycle." This week, a paper published in the journal Nature detailed a tadpole fossil that proves that tadpoles existed at least 161 million years ago, in …
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Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners toggle caption Shane Gross/Wildlife Photographer of the Year They lay in wait for hours, weeks and sometimes months, tracking animals in the wild and moving carefully so as not to disturb their surroundings. “These are photographs that not only encourage further wildlife conservation efforts, but that …
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