“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any part of the human body causes all the hair to ...

Lizards and salamanders may look alike with slender, elongated bodies and short limbs at right angles to the body (making them appear as a slithering ‘S’ as they move), but there are many differences.

One way to investigate the evolution of flight-associated behaviours is to monitor an animal’s response to weightlessness generated by the parabolic-flight method used for astronaut training.

1. Introduction -- Class Amphibia. 2. Species accounts: Order Caudata (salamanders) ; 3. Species accounts: Order Anura (frogs) -- Class Reptilia. 4. Species accounts ...