Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species are all involved in the global crisis of amphibian declines and extinctions, researchers suggest in a new analysis, but increasingly ...

For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely ...

Toothy worm-like creatures called caecilians have smooth, shiny skin and already look a lot like snakes. Still, scientists were surprised to discover some of these legless animals may have venomous ...

When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the way. This is ...

If weather predictions from earlier in the week hold true, there could be some extra pedestrians on the road this weekend. They will be very small and motorists are asked to use extra caution on ...

The first four-legged vertebrates did not grow up like tadpoles after all. That idea has shaped the story of life on land for ...

Disease isn’t the biggest killer of amphibians — that would be habitat loss — but it can be the quickest. And the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in particular has been a huge worry ...

Life on our planet began in the water. Eventually, one branch of the fish family tree developed legs and came up on land.

On 5 th October 2017 the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) jointly hosted a workshop to discuss ...

Evidence that the world’s amphibians are in peril continues to mount. In March, a study published in the journal Science found that 501 species of frogs and salamanders had been driven toward ...

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