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 ...

A new paper analysing two decades of data from around the world has found that climate change is emerging as one of the biggest threats to frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. The study titled ‘Ongoing ...

Amphibians are the most threatened class of vertebrates on the planet. A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new ...

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Ozark hellbender photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Brian Gratwicke. Photos of species and ecosystems in the "Top 10" report are available for media use. “Hellbenders are strange and fascinating ...

If you've ever admired the dogged passion of bird watchers — their willingness to rise before dawn, memorize subtleties in feather color and song, and stand in silence peering through binoculars for ...

Think frogs are simple? Think again. This ranking examines their unique skill trees — from camouflage cloaks to area-of-effect toxins — to see which amphibians are meta-defining and which are doomed ...

A recent study uses data from the IUCN Red List of endangered species to map where threats to terrestrial mammals, birds, and amphibians occur at a global scale. The six major threats to biodiversity ...

The health of amphibians is commonly used to give a rough assessment of pollution levels in an area, but an analysis of more than 20,000 toxicity studies now suggests that these creatures are ...

A total of 32 amphibians from Goa, comprising many endangered and vulnerable species, find place in a updated checklist of 382 from India and also includes 217 from the Western Ghats PANAJI: A total ...