Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water ...

Amphibians, a class of vertebrates that includes frogs, are going extinct faster than any other group. The disappearance is ...

Paleontologists found a group of four-legged Triassic creatures preserved in the same bone bed—but they don’t know what killed the animals ...

The earliest known turtles date from 220 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes or crocodiles. Of the many species alive ...

In 2012, a group of citizens started recording the elusive tailless amphibians that thrived in a leafy village. One of its ...

A toad patrol group is celebrating after successfully helping 50,000 amphibians reach their breeding grounds over the past three decades. The Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group hopped to the aid of ...

A group of conservationists known as "toad patrollers" have been helping hundreds of toads and frogs safely cross a busy road in Surrey. The Boundary Road Toad Patrol, based in Rowledge near ...

The fossil find includes at least 19 individuals of the species Buettnererpeton bakeri, which were as large as adult alligators. Paleontologists unearth 230-million-year-old mass grave of giant ...

A group dedicated to maintaining the Bury and Radcliffe Canal have received a welcome boost. The Elton Reservoir Basin Countryside Warden Service, a non-profit group that keeps the waterway and ...