Curare [kyoo-RAW-ree], for example, is found on the skin of ... Too much wind can dry their skin and dehydrate the animal. As a result, amphibians are the first to die off when their habitats ...

For example, after Southern Illinois University ... while a Panamanian facility was built to house nearly a thousand animals. So began the Amphibian Ark, a growing international venture aimed ...

Vertebrates, for example, are divided into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair or fur and can produce milk to feed their young. They have ...

Though amphibians and reptiles represent some of the most rapidly disappearing species on Earth, they've long been underrepresented when it comes to wildlife protection. So in 2010 the Center made ...

Discover examples of sea life and see how they move underwater in this video about marine animals. Animals that lay eggs. videoAnimals that lay eggs Birds, mosquitoes, frogs, crabs and moths hatch ...

Reptiles, for example, are what's called generalists. Meaning they eat the animals they can get their teeth on. And for that, they needed teeth with the same size and shape, to keep prey from ...

A fossil trove uncovered in Wyoming is providing some of the best examples yet of an ancient species of alligator-sized amphibians ... The squat, four-legged animal lurked in freshwater ponds ...