"Our analyses show the direct connection." Scientists issue warning after discovering clear pattern among amphibians: 'This ...

You might not guess it, but toads are surprisingly adept diggers. Despite their squat, bumpy bodies, toads are surprisingly ...

As amphibians decline worldwide largely due to habitat loss and climate change, scientists can take comfort knowing they may be able to find one in the wild and start a breeding program to save ...

Amphibians are under assault for three major reasons, according to the report. Habitat decline -- including deforestation, water pollution and wetlands destruction -- threatens them because the ...

Climate change is driving many amphibians toward extinction. A new ‘gut punch’ of a study shows that more than 40 percent of frogs, salamanders and other amphibian species are at risk of vanishing ...

A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in ...

Amphibians are in decline worldwide, with 2 out of every 5 species threatened by extinction, according to a paper published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. Researchers evaluated the ...

For amphibians, the disease is making the Black Death that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages “look like a drop in the bucket,” Vredenburg said. Why it matters ...

Human-caused climate change is threatening amphibians around the world, a new study published Wednesday suggests. In fact, 2 out of every 5 amphibian species are now threatened with extinction ...

As amphibians go, caecilians are eccentric: They have no legs, their eyes are minuscule and sometimes covered in skin, and they sense their surroundings with two small tentacles on their faces.

Charney said some amphibians stay in their hiding places for years. “If it’s deep into late April, May, and there hasn’t been any warm, rainy nights, ...