Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role in losses. According to ...

Habitat split is a common event in the environment that occurs when different classes of natural habitats, such as forests and water, are disconnected. As a consequence, the movement of organisms ...

Amphibians occupy a critical role in global ecosystems, linking aquatic and terrestrial food webs and acting as indicators of environmental health. Their permeable skin and complex life cycles render ...

Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians are not just battling habitat loss and pollution they're now also contending with increasingly brutal heat waves and droughts. A sweeping 40-year study shows a ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, toads, ...

Smithsonian/Brian Gratwicke Dive into fun facts about this curious critter before encountering it on your next trip to the ...

Chris Petersen has a firm belief that if you build it, they will come — in this case "it" being a water feature and "they" being frogs. Petersen is co-chair for Partners in Amphibian and Reptile ...

Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates, or a combination of both. They include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tor- toises. All ...