Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching impressive sizes which have earned them a fearsome reputation ...

Since the beginning of time, Earth has created life and then wiped out most of it in catastrophic, ultra-destructive moments.

New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

Did you know that one-fifth of the world’s reptiles are at risk of extinction? And amphibians are declining by about 4% every year, according to the United States Geological Survey. Experts say the No ...

One of the world’s most endangered amphibians – the primordial and fish-like axolotl – has successfully adapted to a new environment after being released into artificial wetlands in Mexico, scientists ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens is doing its part to help prevent a critically endangered amphibian from going extinct. The Puerto Rican crested toad is only found in Puerto Rico, where ...

London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically endangered species from the brink of extinction. An adult and a young Darwin’s ...

After scientists found an extinct burrowing amphibian on Eastern Shoshone land, members of the tribe gave it a name in their language. By Jeanne Timmons At age 6, Reba Teran lost the ability to speak ...

Known to science as Iguana delicatissima (as in Latin for “most delicate”, not delicatessen, you hungry hungry humans), ...

A skull of the Triassic amphibian Buettnererpeton bakeri gets uncovered for the first time in 230 million years. Researchers found it in a cache of skeletons that were well-preserved and appear to be ...

“Extintos: The Beauty of Endangered Amphibians From Brazil” is on display through Oct. 18 in the Reese Bullen Gallery on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus. As part of a joint initiative of art and science ...