It is the first time such feeding and communication has been seen in amphibians and experts said its young may be engaging in a “type of begging behaviour”. The experts also took samples of ...

The first amphibians breathed through simple lungs and their skin. They may have spent most of their lives in the water, leaving it only to escape the attentions of predatory fish. The first ...

Too much wind can dry their skin and dehydrate the animal. As a result, amphibians are the first to die off when their habitats are disturbed or contaminated with chemicals like weed killers.

The relict leopard frog has the dubious distinction of being one of the first North American amphibians thought to have become extinct. Although the species was known to have inhabited more than 60 ...

Enter the Palensky wildlife crossing — an underpass designed to allow safe passage for the amphibians beneath the ... the underpass is the first of its kind in Oregon, aimed at protecting ...

The nearly 41% of endangered amphibian species compares with 27% of mammals, 21% of reptiles and 13% of birds, the study said. "Amphibians are the world's most threatened animals," Duke University ...