Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as ...

A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are ...

This map shows extinction hot spots for vertebrates (mammals, birds, and amphibians). Brown areas and blue areas are regions of intense die-offs. It's ...

But it’s possible that these species are just the tip of an extinction iceberg. There are more than 185 other amphibians that haven’t been seen for decades, and while there’s not enough evidence to ...

The Global Amphibian Assessment is the second of its kind. The first assessment was completed in 2004, offering scientists a baseline of data to measure extinction risk for this latest study.

Chytridiomycosis, the worst vertebrate disease in recorded history, has already wiped out hundreds of amphibian species globally. Only species in Africa seem to have been relatively spared this ...

The paper A New Trematopid Amphibian (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Western Pennsylvania: Earliest Record of Terrestrial Vertebrates Responding to a Warmer, Drier ...

Protecting large swaths of Earth’s land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss—including for vertebrates like amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds, according to a new study published in Nature ...

Caecilian amphibians are one of the least known vertebrate groups. The researchers were able to observe that the females of egg-laying amphibians, such as the species Siphonops annulatus, provide ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...