Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found.
M from the Bezos Earth Fund to help save 25 frog species through conservation, rewilding, and disease prevention efforts ...
Amphibians are notably fragile in a warming world due to their dependence on external sources to regulate body heat.
Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls ... of both marine and terrestrial organisms throughout Earth. Some organisms, including sharks, horseshoe crabs, and temnospondyls ...
It's no wonder some view our time on Earth as a mass extinction. Biodiversity losses today have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. Yet amphibians ...
Scientists will be able to better identify what amphibian species and habitats will be most impacted by climate change, thanks to a new study by UNSW researchers. Amphibians are the world's most ...
In the study, published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians’ success lay in their generalist feeding ecology, enabling them to feed on a wide ...
Though amphibians and reptiles represent some of the most rapidly disappearing species on Earth, they've long been underrepresented when it comes to wildlife protection. So in 2010 the Center made ...