Captive-bred axolotls can adapt to both restored and artificial wetlands, but face dangers from predators and rising ...

KINGSTON — Stephen Lougheed, a Queen’s University professor of biology and environmental studies, spoke about the importance ...

The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City.

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake.

As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.

One of the world's most endangered amphibians - the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl - has thrived after being ...

Now, a new study of 18 captive-bred axolotls found that they can survive in some wild wetlands in Mexico. The findings are ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Autotomy refers to an animal’s ability to shed or remove a body part as a defense mechanism. This act of self-amputation is ...

Wandering salamanders control their veritable grip by pumping blood into and draining it from translucent toes, as they glide ...