Parental care for offspring occurs in many animals and is an essential part of the reproduction, propagation and development of an organism. An international research team from Brazil, the U.S. and ...

Amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study. By Sofia Quaglia Sofia Quaglia previously wrote about ...

Traffic, partiers, sunshine. And now caecilians? You can find them all in South Florida. We know about the first three in the list, so let’s try to explain the fourth. Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians ...

Natural History Museum scientists have named the 200th caecilian species, marking a landmark in our understanding of this enigmatic group of amphibians. Caecilians are a little-known group of ...

Scientists have identified Gegeneophis chandgadi, a new legless amphibian species, in Maharashtra's Chandgad region, highlighting the rich biodiversity of the Western Ghats.

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Caecilian amphibians feed their young by producing a special skin layer, transferring microbes to promote a healthy microbiome. The study highlights this unique parenting behavior and its contribution ...

There are nearly 200 species of caecilians, but most people will never encounter one. That’s because they tend to live underground, burrowing through loose soil and ground litter with their long, ...

A new species of a caecilian found in a plantation near Cotigao wildlife sanctuary in Canacona has been named after the range forest officer (RFO) of Bondla Paresh Porob. Giri further added, "This ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long amphibian with dozens of teeth in a forest of Ecuador and discovered a mysterious new species, a study said. Photo from Mark Oliver Rödel In a forest of Ecuador, a ...

Twenty-one females of the Kenyan caecilian B. taitanus, with broods of between two and nine young, were collected from subterranean nest sites and maintained and observed in captivity. Eight episodes ...