Explore how frogs, axolotls, and other amphibians use cutaneous respiration to absorb oxygen directly through their skin.

The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy, mucousy skin that’s ...

Scientists have discovered a two-foot-long salamander species in Florida and Alabama that has the spots of a leopard and the ...

It's thought there are just 150 adult achoques left in their exclusive home of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, ...

In a monastery beside a 16th-century basilica in Pátzcuaro, Mexico, Dominican nuns move between rows of aquarium tanks, ...

They may not be cuddly, charismatic or cute to many humans, but amphibians and reptiles are fascinating and important. That was the message on Oct. 25 when Alonso Abugattas gave a tutorial to 85 ...

The newly identified Bolitoglossa chirripoensis, a golden-spotted salamander unique to Costa Rica's Chirripó National Park ...

Indian frogs are rewriting the rulebook on self-defence.A team led by India's "Frogman", Prof S D Biju of Delhi University, ...

Feeding giant amphibians to savage pet bass, biggest meal ever.

Reptiles could overtake amphibians as the highest priority for conservation among vertebrates as threats like climate change ...

A creature once immortalized in fairy tales and garden ponds across Britain is quietly disappearing, according to the ...