From gestation to maturity, glass frogs are at the mercy of others. In the tadpole stage, glass frogs are predated by “frog flies,” which lay their own eggs on top of the glass frogs’.

In Ecuador and elsewhere in the region, copper- and gold-mining operations are deforesting habitats and polluting streams that the glass frog tadpoles need with sediment and toxins such as mercury ...

"Here we show that in response to ranavirus, wood frog tadpoles change their growth, development, and resource allocation. This may help tadpoles tolerate the energetic demands of infection or ...