The discovery provides another key data point about a little-known species for which every observation matters ...

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Liège on a large population of Japanese giant salamanders—one of the largest amphibians in the world—reveals that above a certain size, a ...

A giant salamander that once lived in the London Zoo and was later on display at the Natural History Museum represents a new species that may be the world's largest amphibian. A giant salamander that ...

While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China. While trying to save large amphibians ...

In the 1990s, a chicken farmer discovered the 240-million-year-old fossil of a giant amphibian that researchers believe to be the ancestor of today's Chinese giant salamander (pictured above). The ...

Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a new study. Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, ...

The mountain chicken frog was once so abundant in Dominica, with thousands found across the island, that it became a national delicacy, supposedly tasting of chicken. Now, a new survey has found only ...

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The party is hopping at Giant City State Park, with a local forester and amphibian enthusiast offering an Amphibian Night ...

Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a study published March 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David P. Groenewald of the ...