Amphibians also have special skin glands that produce useful proteins. Some transport water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide either into or out of the animal. Others fight bacteria or fungal infections.

Vulnerable amphibians are getting some help from an effective and pretty simple intervention–wildlife underpass tunnels. Long ...

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

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According to Penn State University, the most common animal/amphibian in Pennsylvania’s forests is one of the Commonwealth’s 39 frogs and salamanders, making it an amphibian. The red-backed ...

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

The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City. But a new study suggests released axolotls could thrive in their natural hab ...

The bones are relatively undisturbed and seem to be arranged in much the same way they were positioned when the animals died. This suggests the amphibians perished in calm waters and were gently ...