(CNN) — Fungi are fascinating and integral parts of the web of life. They also have a bit of a mixed reputation. (CNN) — Fungi are fascinating and integral parts of the web of life. They also have a ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered 'unprecedented' snake venom resistance in an unexpected species -- the legless amphibian known as caecilians. An international team of researchers ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky ...

Frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are disappearing as fast as—or faster than—any other class of animals around ...

A species of worm-like amphibian has been caught on camera feeding milk to its young. The creature, known as a caecilian, lives underground. Researchers believe that the animal developed the ability ...

Washingtonian first met nine-year-old Max Girshick in June, when he talked about a movement among his Powell Elementary School classmates to designate the eastern red-backed salamander as DC’s ...

The little fellow will earn its keep as a natural form of pest control. As Tree Hugger reports, they're an easy species to ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Other members of the fungi family tree are less desirable and ...