Salamanders have a direct impact on human health in that, "salamanders are sentinels of water, quality of habitat," says Harlan, "we have a lot of forests in this region too, and ...

Amphibians play a critical role in controlling insects ... Some factors attributed to biodiversity loss are habitat destruction, pollution, the introduction of invasive species, and the warming of the ...

"One of the great mysteries has been the survival and flourishing of a major group of amphibians called the temnospondyls," explained lead author Aamir Mehmood from Bristol's School of Biological ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found. Ancient frog ...