Raccoons are often seen as cute and harmless wildlife—but that is a misconception. "Raccoons are native animals," "They reproduce faster when hunted," "Everything about raccoons has already been said"—these are just a few ...
A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight.
Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean rainforest, scanning with flashlights for some of the jungle's most unlikely stars: frogs.
A new AI tool that picks out bird and amphibian sounds in audio recordings could improve how ecologists monitor and study Canada's wildlife.
Axolotls are known for their ability to regrow limbs, organs and even parts of the brain and heart. But the tailed amphibian with the scientific name Ambystoma mexicanum can do even more. Its mucous membrane protects it from ...
In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on a five-year voyage to South America aboard the HMS Beagle, which was conducting hydrographic surveys. During the expedition, Darwin explored remote regions of the continent, collecting ...
Researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and Monash University, have discovered that the genetic mechanism that determines sex in monotremes ...
A chatty animated amphibian starring in videos for Bad Bunny's recent album has launched the Puerto Rican crested toad—an endangered species native to the island—into newfound fame, following years of quiet, collaborative ...
In the quiet mountain villages of northern Portugal, centuries-old stone water tanks and irrigation channels may now be serving a surprising new purpose.
Amphibians—the most threatened vertebrate class on Earth—are under enormous pressure, with 41% of all species already threatened with extinction. A new study from the Faculty of Biological Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt ...
