Amphibian

Bizarre, wormlike and oozing milk for their babies

Motherhood takes many shapes. Most vertebrates, including birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, reproduce by laying eggs filled with nourishing yolk that their offspring use as an initial source of nutrition before hatching. Mammals change the game by giving birth to live young and feeding them fatty, sugary milk as they get on their feet.

Over 5500 Birds, Mammals and Reptiles Species Are Subject to Legal and Illegal Trade Worldwide

Over 5,500 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are subject to legal and illegal trade around the world. This represents 18% of the vertebrate species of the earth. This figure is higher than previous estimates, according to a study published in the scientific journal Science, BTA reported.

Biologists Have Discovered 11 New Species of Rain Frogs in the Andes

They are all on the verge of extinction

Papal Catholic University biologists have discovered 11 species of amphibians in the Ecuadorian Andes that were previously unknown to science, according to UPI and BTA. They all belong to the rain frog family and are on the verge of extinction.

Local man makes living hunting frogs for 15 years in Turkey's northwest

A local man in the northwestern province of Edirne has for 15 years tried to make a living by hunting and selling frogs.

Nihat Savaş Uzunlardan, 53, known as "Frogger Savaş" among his friends, said he has hunted frogs for sale in order to help raise his three children and treat his sick wife.