The goal is to allow amphibians to safely get to breeding pools that dot the area. Closing roads to protect breeding amphibians is a common practice for that part of eastern Pennsylvania in spring.

A study published in Environmental Research Letters explored the connection between the decline of frogs and other amphibians in Central America and the rise in malaria cases in humans. "I knew that ...

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and the gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids ...