The major threats to amphibian species include pandemic disease and changes in climate and in land use. A study of the global distributions of these threats predicts that they will affect most ...

The asphalt seeps of Los Angeles are famous for their saber-toothed cats and dire wolves, but the newest discovery to emerge from the La Brea Tar Pits is far smaller and had been hiding in plain sight ...

Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday ...

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The extinct toad from the ice age was found among the amphibian collection at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.

Scientists have discovered a new species of proto-amphibian that lived 270 million years ago. They have named it the Kermitops gratus, after "The Muppet Show" character Kermit the Frog. The new ...

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 ...

A new species of subterranean, legless amphibian has been discovered by scientists in Maharashtra’s Northern Western Ghats, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) said in a statement on Saturday. The ...

Join a four-day amphibian and reptile survey in Munnar's Wildlife Division, enhancing ecological understanding from September ...