For more than five decades as violent conflict raged through Colombia's highlands and rainforests, wildlife thrived. From ...

The legless lizard is an entirely different creature from its slithery look-alike, the snake. Learn about the legless lizard ...

Caecilian (Gymnophiona). Caecilians are legless amphibians classified under the Gymnophiona order. With their elongated ...

Legless amphibians, called caecilians, have a very strange way of feeding their young. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by ...

Thirty-five species, representing seven amphibian families and five families of reptiles, occur in the Adirondack region. New York State distribution maps for these species can be found on the New ...

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water ...

Although they look like worms, caecilians are actually legless amphibians. Spending most of their lives underground, they have bodies that are specially adapted for burrowing. They create channels ...

What are amphibians and reptiles? Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb ...

What’s wrong with our frogs? Our group uses parasite-induced malformations in amphibians as a model system to investigate how environmental change affects the levels of disease pathology. Currently we ...

Despite its looks, the microcaecilia dermatophaga is not a worm. It's actually a caecilian, a legless amphibian from French Guiana. It is the first new caecilian species recorded in the area in ...

Are you as smooth as a newt, or as brave as a frog? Answer some fun questions and find out your amphibious personality by taking the quiz above, good luck!

David Attenborough reveals the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings, whether for safety, breeding or capturing prey. Show more Reptiles and amphibians look like ...