Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, wormlike (and little-known) caecilians—these are the class Amphibia: cold-blooded, creeping, hopping, burrowing creatures of fairy tale, biblical plague ...

The Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise will be held in Russia’s Far East and the Sea of Japan from September 1-7. Ongoing participation in Russian military exercises puts India in a unique ...

To date it has contributed to the decline of more than 500 amphibian species, and 90 possible extinctions including ...

Scientists have discovered a new ancient amphibian species that could bridge the gap in understanding how modern-day frogs and salamanders developed. The fossilized skull of the 270-million-year ...

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 ...

Antarctica/Vostok Timezone in detail. Current Time and date in Antarctica/Vostok Timezone. Also get information about timezones adjacent to Antarctica/Vostok, major cities belonging to ...

Scientists have observed these disturbing trends in the United States too, where approximately 20 percent of amphibian species and 10 percent of reptile species are at risk of dying out. While habitat ...

Amphibians and reptiles are amazing creatures with clever adaptations that have allowed them to brave the millennia. Consider the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard's scaly hind toes, which resemble ...

The design stage for the Soyuz-Vostok gas pipeline started, Gazprom said in February 2022 MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Design activities for the Soyuz-Vostok main gas pipeline via Mongolia to ...

Safe and damp is key for frogs and toads. A compost heap offers the perfect environment and toads love burrowing in the warm moisture of rotting compost. If you don’t have a compost heap check ...

Pandelides, Z, J Conder, YJ Choi, EB Allmon, TD Hoskins, LS Lee, JT Hoverman, and MS Sepúlveda. 2023. A critical review amphibian PFAS ecotoxicity research studies: Identification of screening levels ...

We and our collaborators were the first to report caecilians infected by the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. We have conducted infection surveys in the Indian Ocean, Africa ...