Catching amphibians may just be a nostalgic childhood memory for most, but for Bateman it never lost its magic. He believes ...

Although biologists have studied seasonal processes for centuries, we know surprisingly little about the impacts of shifting ...

Amphibians are being affected by Earth's changing climate. The Appalachian region is particularly rich in salamander species, and with temperatures rising, their range is shifting northward ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

From the depths of the oceans to the peaks of the highest mountains, life on Earth has flourished for billions of years in ...

In Mexico, a captive-breeding program for one of the world’s most endangered amphibians has successfully ... one of the most fascinating species on Earth, the axolotl is found in thousands ...

Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians around the world face mounting threats from a devastating fungus, climate change, ...

Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians around the world face mounting threats from a devastating fungus, climate change, habitat loss—and road mortality. Among these, roads pose a uniquely ...

They found dozens of giant amphibians, temnospondyls, that died together approximately 230 million years ago. The fine sediments suggest a floodplain environment where calm conditions allowed for ...

It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to watch. So scientists have had to look at what the Earth looks like now and ...