On TikTok, Gen Z dieters are raving over the weight loss perks of "tadpole water," a blend of chia seeds, warm water and lemon, which is named for its stark resemblance to tadpoles swimming in a pond.

A photograph of a giant, green-and-yellow tadpole longer than a human hand turned up in an X post on Feb. 12, 2025. At the time of this reporting, the post had received more than 296,000 views.

The tadpole water trend, like many before it, offers a simplified solution to a complex issue. While chia seeds do possess valuable nutritional properties, they are not a panacea for weight loss ...

The tadpole was about 6 inches (16 centimeters) long — like a baseball with a 3-inch-long (7.6 cm) tail. The adult frog is just as big, which surprised the researchers.

The discovery of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina could change our understanding of amphibian evolution, per a groundbreaking study published in the journal “Nature.” AP “It’s not ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

While in search of dinosaur fossils, a team of Argentine and Chinese scientists in Argentina found something else instead: parts of a tadpole’s skull and backbone, preserved in a slab of ...

A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found. By Asher Elbein The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature ...