Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their awesome name implies — and they grow up to 2 feet long and sometimes top 4 pounds, making ...

An entirely aquatic amphibian, this salamander is uniquely adapted to live in Barton Springs' warm, consistently flowing water. But if Austin can't curb the urban expansion that degrades the water ...

The axolotl is an unusual-looking pet, but it’s the very reason that attracts people to them. They live underwater and have ...

the researchers first estimated the body temperatures amphibians would experience in different microhabitats—terrestrial, arboreal and aquatic. "We assumed a best-case scenario, where they stay in the ...

Our goals were to assess the effects of four PFAS commonly associated with AFFF use on aquatic and terrestrial life stages of three North American amphibians: Northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens), ...

Another special feature of most amphibians is their egg-larva-adult life cycle. The larvae are aquatic and free-swimming—frogs and toads at this stage are called tadpoles. At a certain size ...

Multiple studies showcase the negative impacts to nontarget organisms from rodenticides that regulatory processes fail to ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have ...

Amphibians, most widely recognized for their unique transformations from aquatic animals to primarily living on land, have unique characteristics that allow them to survive in both wet and dry ...

Parents are often confused about what they are, but the fully aquatic amphibians are popular with kids. Video games and memes have made the animal well known. SARASOTA, Fla. - Two axolotls just ...