CHIEVRES, Belgium – It is international amphibians’ week - a global celebration dedicated to the diverse and vital group of animals known as amphibians. To celebrate this week let’s review what ...

Economic growth and globalization have connected the world's most distant places. Rapid trade and transport have boosted economic growth globally, but not without consequences: many species have been ...

Animals are incredibly adaptable creatures that have developed a variety of survival mechanisms throughout their evolution. Many amphibians, like frogs, axolotls, and caecilians, can breathe through ...

Amphibians are in trouble and in desperate need of conservation action, according to a new global assessment of the world’s amphibian population. Salamanders are experiencing the greatest decline in ...

Researchers named the species Kermitus after Kermit the Frog. Scientists have discovered a new ancient amphibian species that could bridge the gap in understanding how modern-day frogs and salamanders ...

Long Beach residents and visitors alike will soon have a chance to dive into the wild world of amphibians, thanks to a new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The new exhibit, dubbed “FROGS: ...

Collapsing populations of many frogs, toads and salamanders have been linked with a large rise in malaria cases in Costa Rica and Panama. Amphibian tadpoles eat huge numbers of mosquito larvae, with ...

A highly contagious and deadly fungal disease—considered the worst to affect wildlife in recorded history—is spreading, placing amphibians across an entire continent at risk. The fatal disease, known ...

SIOUX CITY -It was a "Frog Day Afternoon" on Tuesday at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, as local children learned all about amphibians during the center's Fantastic Frogs program.