Environmental Sciences and Management Unit Professor Louis du Preez and herpetologist Vincent Carruthers have developed an ...

Learn all about amphibians with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize.

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, skate across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s ...

Unlike amphibians, reptiles breathe only through their lungs and have dry, scaly skin that prevents them from drying out. Amphibians and reptiles are together called herpetofauna, or “herps” for short ...

Amphibians are the world’s most vulnerable animals, with about 41 percent of all species across the planet threatened with extinction, according to a new global assessment.

Amphibians are good models for investigating the genetics of wild animal populations because they are: (1) widely distributed in most ecosystems; (2) easy to sample in breeding assemblages; (3 ...