University of Newcastle researchers have documented one of the clearest examples of iridescence ever recorded in an amphibian ...

Every spring, thousands of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders across France leave their winter shelters in the woods and ...

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Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians around the world face mounting threats from a devastating fungus, climate change, habitat loss—and road mortality. Among these, roads pose a uniquely immediate ...

After scientists found an extinct burrowing amphibian on Eastern Shoshone land, members of the tribe gave it a name in their language. By Jeanne Timmons At age 6, Reba Teran lost the ability to speak ...

Reality tends toward entropy, and nature craves balance. The methods behind these maddening processes aren’t pretty, either. Survival of the fittest means that even strong species are at risk of ...

A new study by researchers at Yale and George Washington University examines the human threats to the amphibian family tree and calls for a rethinking of conservation priorities to preserve species ...

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 ...

Researchers have described a new carnivorous amphibian from western Pennsylvania. The 300-million-year-old remarkably preserved fossil is one of few amphibians displaying evidence of a land-based life ...

The rocks in the area in which the skull was found, known as the Red Beds, are over 270 million years old, and contain fossils of several ancient species that are early relatives of modern amphibians, ...