The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky waters of the Amazon ...

A captive-bred variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius) at the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. Brian ...

You’ve never seen amphibians in this light before. Like, literally, this specific azure light. Today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers for the first time show that amphibians glow if you ...

Amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded animals. Amphibians live in water and on land. Reptiles primarily live on land. Amphibians have moist skin and lay eggs in water. Reptiles have scales and lay ...

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If you walk through a forest at night, you see only darkness and shadows, and perhaps the smudgy outline of trees against the sky. But if you were a salamander snuggled in the leaf litter, under the ...

It is a time of crisis for the world's amphibians, says Helen Meredith. In this week's Green Room she says we may be facing our last chance to save this important group of animals. They consume huge ...

Parental care for offspring occurs in many animals and is an essential part of the reproduction, propagation and development of an organism. An international research team from Brazil, the U.S. and ...

Neurergus kaiseri, also called Luristan newt, is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Paul Starosta via Getty Images Amphibians ...

Beavers can reshape streams simply by building dams, slowing flowing water and creating ponds that become useful habitat for ...

The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. to date shows that, in amphibians, this toxic compound is common, widespread and, at least for some, can reach very high ...