Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role in losses. According to ...

Amphibians are the most vulnerable vertebrates worldwide, with 41% of species threatened with extinction. Habitat loss is the most common threat, and climate change is the main driver of increased ...

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A study explores how human modification of natural habitats influences amphibian diversity worldwide. Humans have altered natural environments around the globe, precipitating biodiversity loss and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Friday designated over 1.8 million acres of critical habitat for three California amphibians listed as endangered or threatened species in 2014.

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, ...

Among the many causes linked to amphibian declines, habitat loss and alteration remain the most significant. Lack of federal protection for isolated wetlands has resulted in loss of amphibian breeding ...

Amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded animals. Amphibians live in water and on land. Reptiles primarily live on land. Amphibians have moist skin and lay eggs in water. Reptiles have scales and lay ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March ...

Habitat Loss and Climate Change Make It Tough to Be an Amphibian. Some Humans Are Helping HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a ...