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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

the researchers first estimated the body temperatures amphibians would experience in different microhabitats—terrestrial, ...

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

The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while the deeper dermis contains blood vessels, nerves, and structural proteins ...

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

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 ...