A fungus that is devastating populations of frogs and toads around the world may be vulnerable to a virus that can infect it, and that could be genetically engineered to kill it The Panamanian golden ...

Recent field experiments focusing on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world. Red pumpkin ...

How does a thin-skinned, cold-blooded creature survive a below freezing Colorado winter without a fur coat or a ticket south? Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all examples of amphibians, a ...

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 ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian Creek MetroPark in Reily Township. Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very ...

What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...

The world is one of discovery. An Albuquerque-based research associate is part of an international team that discovered a new species of carnivorous amphibian living nearly 300 million years ago. Meet ...

Hidden beneath the rocky shoreline along Belle Isle are slimy salamanders sporting purple gills and a shy persona.