Scientists have never seen anything quite like this before. It’s a newly discovered species of fanged frog that gives direct birth to live tadpoles instead of laying eggs. It isn’t that rare for ...

Most frogs lay unfertilized eggs to reproduce, but some species have weird variations on the model. There are frogs that fertilize their eggs inside their bodies before laying them, and even ones that ...

Researchers visiting the Indonesian island of Sulawesi made a huge — and unexpected — discovery when they found the first frog known to give birth to live tadpoles. A vast majority of the more than ...

Frogs and other amphibians lay eggs, but mammals give birth to live young, right? Not always. A newly described species of frog gives birth to live tadpoles, and is the only known frog to do so, ...

Photograph of newly described frog (Limnonectes larvaepartus) (male, left, and female) from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is the only frog known that gives direct birth to tadpoles. Photo ...

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