Researchers Find Giant Tadpole ‘Larger Than a Coke Can’ After Draining Swamp

Courtesy of Earyn McGee and SWRS

From the archives: This story was last updated in May 2019.

Think back to grade school biology class and you may recall how tadpoles, those tiny, tailed swamp-dwellers, transform into frogs.

First, they lose their tails, then they sprout legs—all in a process called metamorphosis.