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.

A sixteen-centimeter (6-inch) tadpole fossil intrigues scientists ... transitioning from an aquatic larval stage to a terrestrial adult form. But did this remarkable life cycle already exist ...