Such diversity is vital to functioning ecosystems and enriches humankind's enjoyment of the natural world. The situation is even worse for amphibians. More than 41 percent of the world's amphibians ...

A diverse community of amphibians and reptiles indicates that the area is healthy and can support the plant and animal life that herps need for food and cover. At the Center for Biological Diversity, ...

The region, known as the northern Western Ghats, had “tremendous potential for harboring remarkable (amphibian) diversity” but had gone understudied, according to a study published Dec. 1 in ...

The eastern hellbender, a giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs, is proposed for federal protection.

The frog’s loud croaking turned out to be a call to its own demise. The researchers walking along the steep muddy bank on a ...

diseases that can cause high mortality in native amphibian species. The colonization of water bodies by this exotic species results in an erosion of biodiversity”. (MH with AsD - Source ...

A new unstriped Ichthyophis was found in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Kunming Institute of Zoology under the ...

New species found in Peru’s Alto Mayo, including blob-headed catfish Researchers uncover unique mammals, amphibians, and fish in Alto Mayo Conservation efforts critical for protecting biodiversity in ...

It is clear that global leadership does not value biodiversity. Why is that? One possible reason is that biodiversity loss ...