Cannibalism is a survival strategy found in various species, from chimpanzees to polar bears. This behavior ranges from ...

Caroline Bell is the joint managing director of Shepherds Purse, which produces a range of award-winning British cheeses from the family farm and creamery near Thirsk where she lives.

Researchers at Acadia University find that wine drinkers are more accepting of pasta sauce formulated with the addition of grape pomace than those who do not drink wine.

The fossil is strikingly similar to the tadpoles of today — even containing remnants of a gill scaffold system that modern-day tadpoles use to sift food particles from water. That means the amphibians ...

She suggests the large size was most likely due to the tadpoles having no competitors in their seasonal ponds. The young frogs had access to plenty of food resources, allowing them to grow more. The ...

A tadpole fossil found in Argentina, dating back at least 161 million years, is the oldest that has ever been discovered. The fossil was found back in January 2020, with news of the discovery ...

At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known tadpole. And it's a doozy, stretching almost 16 centimeters (or 6 inches) in ...

A fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole, which coexisted with dinosaurs in the Middle Jurassic about 165 million years ago, is seen next to a 3D-printed representation of the tadpole and of a fully ...

A tadpole’s chances of maturing drops sharply ... “indicator species,” or early warning systems for the rest of the food chain. “If you stop hearing them in a place where they used to ...

According to the research team, the tadpole’s filter-feeding system—used for trapping food particles in water—is similar to the method used by modern tadpoles. This continuity suggests that the basic ...