Wormlike animals are first amphibians shown to pass microbes to their offspring
Caecilians are an elusive type of amphibian that primarily live underground and look like a cross between a worm and…
David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum curator of herpetology David Blackburn as one of its 2023…
A hard pillbug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey
The phrase “to swallow one’s tongue” has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several…
The Florida Museum of Natural History opens state-of-the-art collections building
The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on…
North America’s rarest snake found biting off more than it could chew
North America’s rarest snake, Tantilla oolitica (rim rock crowned snake), was recently spotted in a park in the Florida Keys…
Frog forelimbs may be adapted for love and war as well as jumping
Hold out your arm with your palm facing downward. Now rotate your hand 90 degrees to give a thumbs-up without…
Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance
Amphibians are exceptionally good at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live…
Florida Museum honors winners of the 2022 Austin, Bullen and Biodiversity awards
The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and Bullen awards for student research…
Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians known as caecilians found in South Florida canal
Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal,…
Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as…