Killed in cold blood: Amphibians and reptiles are bearing the brunt of crop intensification

Loss of species due to rising farm productivity is inevitable, says research 

Snake slides: Inside Colonel Sher Jung National Park with a herpetologist

Wildlife Institute of India fellow Nidhi Singh chronicles her survey of the park and her first encounters with creatures she fears the most

Ahead of biodiversity meet, study finds amphibians face highest risk of extinction

A sizeable 44 per cent of global agricultural lands posing the greatest danger to amphibians

Is climate change killing Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands?

During a climate crisis, the world’s largest tropical wetlands must be saved before it is too late

World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures

Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years

New species of frog discovered in Arunachal

The frog was discovered in a single locality of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India's easternmost protected area

'Frogs are beautiful'

Wildlife filmamker Ajay Bedi talks to Down To Earth about his recent documentary, 'The Secret Life of Frogs' that released commercially recently

Translocation can stop extinction: new salamander study

A Purdue University research tracked 41 Hellbenders, a type of salamander found in the midwestern US

How we're saving the mountain chicken frog from one of the world's worst wildlife diseases

A nasty fungus killed 85% of Dominica's mountain chicken frogs in just 18 months – but the species lives on

Survey of global species' distribution data shows gaps in emerging economies

As part of the survey, scientists investigated millions of records about the distribution of known species of mammals, birds and amphibians

Rare appearance

After a decade, the Bostami turtles stage a comeback in Tripura

Amphibians exposed to insecticides during larval stages are not at greater risk of disease: study

Study conducted on Gray Tree frogs for 28 days

Scientists identify viruses causing mass deaths of amphibians in Europe

Pathogenic viruses can jump between a range of species; pose threat to reptiles, too

Online Come, know the toad

Mother of Machiavellianism

Invasive plant prepares native lizards for a toad fight

Gap species

Endangered species are not adequately protected in their habitats

Hit and run

How it affects wildlife

The chorus is dying

A virulent fungal disease is killing frogs in what might be the sixth mass extinction

Involuntary sex change

This is next in the series of frog extinction events

Bytes

Hospital infections fear frogs

No home, no fungus

Deforestation protects some frogs from a deadly infection

The aftermath

Compound in toad skin could cure liver cancer

Rs 25,00,000 conservation fund for amphibians and reptiles