While digital frogs and human contestants have hopped their way to high scores and big prizes, real world amphibians aren’t having as good a time of things. Loss of habitat, invasive species, ...

The development of hair was of central importance for the evolution of mammals and thus also of humans. However, the evolutionary origin of the genetic program of hair was previously unknown.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Costa Rica and Panama experienced spikes in malaria cases. The massive loss of amphibians in the region from a deadly fungal disease may have contributed to the uptick of this ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Human-caused climate change is threatening amphibians around the world, a new study published Wednesday suggests. In fact, 2 out of every 5 amphibian species are now threatened with extinction ...