It is known as the amphibian chytrid fungus and can cause a deadly disease that is decimating some of the world's frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. However, the fungus had not been detected in the ...

Toothy worm-like creatures called caecilians have smooth, shiny skin and already look a lot like snakes. Still, scientists were surprised to discover some of these legless animals may have venomous ...

Caecilians are amphibians like salamanders and frogs, but they’re often mistaken for snakes because of their long, legless bodies. Now, scientists think that the similarities between the two are more ...

Slimy, limbless creatures don’t get much of a look-in when we’re naming the world’s cutest animals. I mean, there’s no competing with this, that’s for sure. BUT WHEN you look into those small, ...

Meet our caecilians and Amazonia keeper Mike Kirby in this virtual animal demo! . . . With a sleek, eel-like body and beady eyes, the aquatic caecilian is quite an unusual amphibian. They look like a ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced ...