During February and March, volunteers head out after dark with buckets and florescent jackets to stand on roads across the UK ...

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

Amphibians are notably fragile in a warming world due to their dependence on external sources to regulate body heat.

"We found that 104 out of 5203 species -- 2 % -- are already exposed to overheating in shaded terrestrial conditions. And a 4°C global temperature increase could push 7.5% of species beyond their ...

Ancient amphibians survived Earth's biggest extinction by feeding on freshwater prey. Their adaptability helped them thrive.

Amphibians are land animals, but can only reproduce in water. They prefer to live in and around small bodies of water. But ...

In the study, "The ecology and geography of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian—Triassic mass extinction" published in ...

The rediscovery of “one of the rarest and most elusive amphibians” in Chile is quite a tale. Philibert Germain, a scientist ...

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National Forest ...

On March 14, drivers can expect part of Institute Drive to be closed in the Totts Gap Conservation Area for the next several weeks.

Snakes in Shawnee National Forest will soon have the road to themselves, as officials will close Forest Service Road No. 345 ...