The film discusses the characteristics and classifications of chordates, a group of animals that includes vertebrates and some simpler forms. Key features of chordates include a pharyngeal ...

Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as ...

The motivation behind everything that animals do is to stay alive, at least until they have produced offspring. Any species ...

Earth’s amphibians are in serious trouble, but there is still time to save this unique class of animals. A study published October 4 in the journal Nature finds that two out of five amphibians ...

Vertebrates and invertebrates can be sorted into smaller groups. Vertebrates, for example, are divided into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Image caption, ...

Chytridiomycosis, the most deadly disease afflicting vertebrates in recorded history, has wreaked havoc on amphibians for decades, including frogs, toads and salamanders.

Amphibians have one more thing to worry about--mercury Date: October 30, 2023 Source: U.S. Geological Survey Summary: The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S ...

Amphibians "lack the scales, fur and feathers of other animals to help regulate their temperature and moisture levels in this hotter and more drought-stricken world," The Washington Post reported.

Whatcheeria was an early tetrapod, as the first land vertebrates - animals with backbones - were known. These were the predecessors to today's land vertebrates - amphibians, reptiles, birds and ...

In the culmination of a decade-long effort, they have completed a compilation of cancer prevalence across 292 species of vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.