Discover how North America’s amphibians and reptiles survive winter’s chill. From freeze-tolerant wood frogs to anoxia-resistant turtles and communal snake dens, these herps use astonishing strategies ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of proto-amphibian that lived 270 million years ago. They have named it the Kermitops gratus, after "The Muppet Show" character Kermit the Frog. The new ...

Scientists found the ancient amphibian fossil in the collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Arjan Mann (right), a Smithsonian postdoctoral paleontologist and former Peter Buck Fellow, and Calvin So (left), a doctoral student at George Washington University, holding the fossil skull of ...

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Wildlife overpasses reduce road mortality for large species, but could they work for small ones like amphibians? A town in ...