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

That amphibians are the most imperiled class of vertebrates in the world is largely beyond debate. Such threats as habitat loss and overexploitation for meat or the pet trade are decimating amphibian ...

Have you ever strolled past an animal’s enclosure at the Zoo, thinking it was empty? Chances are, you were fooled by a creature whose camouflage allows it to seamlessly blend into its environment.

India, Oct. 1 -- When we think about animal pregnancies, periods ranging from a few weeks to several months are common. But 1 ...

The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble. A new global assessment has found that 41% of amphibian species that scientists have studied are threatened with ...

DENVER/April 17, 2023 – Morris Animal Foundation and Revive & Restore recently announced the funding of five new projects building genomic tools for amphibian conservation. The projects are an ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. According to a study, global warming will increase droughts in up to 33% of the habitats of frogs, toads and treefrogs; in Brazil, the strongest ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The team of researchers ...

Amphibians—the most threatened vertebrate class on Earth—are under enormous pressure, with 41% of all species already threatened with extinction. A new study from the Faculty of Biological Sciences at ...