Two nearly complete fossilized skeletons of the strange new species were found in southwestern China. Scientists suspect its ...

The ocean is a terrible place for amphibians. Saltwater pulls moisture through their permeable skin, threatening to dehydrate ...

Vertebrates finally set foot on the land. Amphibians continued to evolve, flourishing in freshwater, terrestrial, and marine ...

Relocating amphibians and reptiles to protect them from development rarely leads to long-term conservation success, a new UBC ...

Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb ...

‘Gerrothorax maritimus’ lived about 237 million years ago, when parts of China were covered by an ocean.

Scientists report fossil evidence of the first fully marine amphibian in a study from the University of California, Davis; ...

Amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded animals. Amphibians live in water and on land. Reptiles primarily live on land. Amphibians have moist skin and lay eggs in water. Reptiles have scales and lay ...

Amphibians have varying levels of salt tolerance, says Ryosuke Motani, a palaeobiologist at the University of California, ...

It is a time of crisis for the world's amphibians, says Helen Meredith. In this week's Green Room she says we may be facing our last chance to save this important group of animals. They consume huge ...

You’ve never seen amphibians in this light before. Like, literally, this specific azure light. Today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers for the first time show that amphibians glow if you ...

Recent seizures of trafficked reptiles and amphibians provide insight into a booming trade in these animals, which are now ...