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Researchers named the species Kermitus after Kermit the Frog. Scientists have discovered a new ancient amphibian species that could bridge the gap in understanding how modern-day frogs and salamanders ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian identified a fossilized skull from a 270 million-year-old amphibian, which they've named Kermitops gratus Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

The admirable little red-bellied toad is the size of a thumb, but it has achieved giant feats: In 2014, it prevented the ...

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 ...

Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has had one positive effect: More and more biologists began scouring the planet for new or lost species of frogs and ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of a prehistoric species of amphibian that could be the precursor to modern species − and they bestowed upon it the great honor of being named after a green froggy ...

A new study by researchers at Yale and George Washington University examines the human threats to the amphibian family tree and calls for a rethinking of conservation priorities to preserve species ...

There is a plague ripping through the amphibian species of the world. It’s caused by fungus that’s invisible to the naked eye and spreads easily by many means. It kills by disrupting the way these ...

The Panamanian golden frog is now extinct in the wild due to a disease caused by a fungus known as Bd or chytrid Brian Gratwicke via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Frogs, salamanders and other ...

Ishara House opens in Kochi with amphibian aesthetics, a cross-continental inquiry into fluid lives, climate precarity and ...