Where amphibians live in the landscape also plays a big role in their chances of survival. For example, those that are ... point between 2° and 4° Celsius (3.6° and 7.2° Fahrenheit) of warming ...

Two Vermont underpasses are model wildlife crossings after a community rallied to stop thousands of migrating salamanders ...

The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City. But a new study suggests released axolotls could thrive in their natural hab ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring ...

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander ...

For example, little dogs such as Pomeranians, shih tzus and chihuahuas have a 10 per cent chance of dying from cancer while ...

The Xiaozhai Tiankeng stands as the textbook example of what happens when karst processes are given perfect working ...

(Males) are just eating machines, and they cover a tremendous amount of territory,” an Illinois game warden said.

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans , have synchronised their own rhythms with those of Earth's ...