A team based at Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London has received funding from the UK Biotechnology ...

In a devastating blow to global biodiversity, the chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium ...

A team based at Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London has received £1.1 million funding from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to crack the ...

Researchers describe the new species as having "large" eyes and "v"-shaped teeth, according to a new peer-reviewed study ...

Credit: Phillip Jervis Across the tree of life, cells are coated with sugar chains called glycans that play important roles, acting both as binding ...

Amniotes evolved from amphibian ancestors during the Carboniferous period, leading researchers to believe the animal who wore ...

Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a serious punch ...

When a reptile or amphibian is ready for a new beginning, they shed their skin. While snakes are most famous for this process, all animals shed their skin, including us! Humans shed millions of skin ...

Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations — and ...

Dr N Munal MeiteiIn our tradition, it is believed that if there are more and more croaking of the toads and frogs, there will ...

Meet B. dacnis: a new 7 mm flea toad from Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest, one of the smallest vertebrates ever discovered.

Watching an invasive apex predator swallow a full-sized deer in front of you is something that you will never forget." ...