More than 600 rare tadpoles and frogs have been released into the mountains north of Los Angeles. The L.A. Zoo bred and ...

Earth's amphibians - from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt, West African giant squeaker, ornate tree toad and fire salamander - are being pushed closer to the brink due to ...

A fossil trove uncovered in Wyoming is providing some of the best examples yet of an ancient species of alligator-sized amphibians. But while paleontologists describe the specimens as ...

Armijos Ojeda was also part of an IUCN group that updated Ecuador's Red List assessment of amphibian species in 2019, which showed that 363 amphibians are under threat— 57 percent of the total ...

List of Endangered Species The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of ...

Climate change is driving many amphibians toward extinction A new ‘gut punch’ of a study shows that more than 40 percent of frogs, salamanders and other amphibian species are at risk of vanishing ...

This new species is named Kermitops gratus, in honor of world-famous amphibian Kermit the Frog. It lived more than 270 million years ago and its discovery is altering the story of amphibian evolution.

Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 are found in the country, mainly in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest ...

Every spring, salamanders, frogs and other amphibians in the northeastern United States migrate to their breeding grounds. Though some only need to travel a few hundred feet, their journeys often ...

From axolotls to poison dart frogs, new Aquarium of the Pacific exhibit features amphibians for all The new exhibit, "FROGS: Facing a Changing World," opens to the public on Friday, May 24.

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.

The way of life of extinct amphibians: Being heavy enough to sink Date: September 29, 2022 Source: University of Bonn Summary: If you need to lurk at the bottom of a water body waiting for prey ...