Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts.

Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) that don’t have scales. They live part of their lives in water and part on land.

2019年9月16日 · What is the world’s largest amphibian? Scientists have just come up with a new answer to a question that—one would think—might be settled by now.

2019年3月28日 · Amphibian 'apocalypse' caused by most destructive pathogen ever. The first-ever global tally of the disease's toll reveals that it caused declines in at least 501 frog and …

2018年5月10日 · The fungus—called Bd for short—is so deadly because it targets amphibians' porous skin, which the animals use to breathe and drink water.

But these Mexican amphibians are impressive enough on their own, with the ability to regenerate lost limbs and stay “young” throughout their lives.

Mexican axolotl (pronounced ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) salamanders are amphibians that spend their whole lives underwater. They exist in the wild in only one place—the lake complex of …

Poison frogs are very involved in raising their offspring, which is unusual for amphibians. After the female lays eggs, the father guards them.

Resembling creatures from a horror movie, caecilians are legless amphibians that live underground and in shallow streams, and are mostly unseen by humans.

2012年1月13日 · The team discovered that small frogs have evolved independently 11 times around the world, and almost exclusively in tropical rain forests, where the amphibians' skins …