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.

There are many reasons why researchers are concerned about endangered species. After all, these species went extinct in just ...

Vertebrates, for example, are divided into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair or fur and can produce milk to feed their young. They have ...

Despite their differences, reptiles and amphibians share several traits that connect them. Both groups are cold-blooded vertebrate animals, meaning they rely on external heat sources to regulate ...

Pupils could be asked to list the characteristics of amphibians and compare them with characteristics of other animals. This clip is relevant for teaching Science at KS1 in England and Wales ...

These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep by day stuck to leaf ... may play a similar role in thwarting predators. Many of the animals that eat red-eyed tree frogs are nocturnal hunters that ...

Though amphibians and reptiles represent some of the most rapidly disappearing species on Earth, they've long been underrepresented when it comes to wildlife protection. So in 2010 the Center made ...

Our purpose-built "frog saunas" allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide.

The main goal of this research, is to develop toxicity reference values (TRVs) and bioconcentration factors (BCFs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), 6:2 ...