Tagged With Amphibians

Close-up of a coiled green tree python's head, with its forked tongue flicking out to sample the air

How Snakes Use Their Sense of Smell: A Fascinating Insight

14 June 2024

How snakes' excellent sense of smell works, from their forked tongues to their Jacobson's organs, to hunt, reproduce, and move around.

Tan and yellow Saharan horned viper slithering across a sun-baked desert terrain

Where Do Snakes Live? Exploring Their Diverse Habitats Worldwide

10 June 2024

The wide range of environments in which snakes live, from the tropics to the desert, and the many ways they've evolved to survive in these habitats.

Close-up of a snail with a cracked, decaying shell, surrounded by salt crystals that are drawing moisture from its body

Death by Salt: How Salt Kills Slugs and Snails

5 June 2024

Salt is a drying agent that works by sucking the water out of snails and killing them through osmosis, and different snails have different levels of tolerance to it based on where they live and their species.

Box turtle with its head raised, emitting a soft chirping sound in a grassy environment

Turtle Talk: What Do Their Sounds and Calls Mean?

31 May 2024

Turtles make a wide variety of sounds such as grunting, chirping, bellowing, and hissing to communicate and interact with each other.

A red-eared slider turtle partially submerged in a pond, drinking water through its beak surrounded by green aquatic plants

How Do Turtles Drink Water? Exploring Their Aquatic Adaptations

30 May 2024

Ways in which turtles have adapted to maintain water balance through drinking, salt excretion, and skin permeability in both water and land turtles.

A large, vibrant snail with an iridescent shell slowly swimming through a shallow tide pool

Can Snails Swim? Unveiling the Aquatic Abilities of Gastropods

27 May 2024

Snails can swim by using their foot muscles, which goes against the idea that snails are not mobile and are slow animals.

Close-up of a baby red-eared slider turtle with a red stripe on its head, perched on a rock in a pond

Do Turtles Poop? Understanding a Turtle's Digestive System

17 May 2024

This article explains everything you need to know about turtle poop, including the turtle's digestive system, what normal poop should look like, and how to check your turtle's poop for signs of a problem.

Iguana with large orange eyes and a spiky crest standing on a branch, mouth open in a hissing display, surrounded by lush jungle foliage

From Hisses to Barks: A Look at the Vocal Talents of Lizards

15 May 2024

Lizards are more vocal than you might think, and they make a variety of sounds to communicate, attract mates, and interact with other lizards.

Gila monster crawling over a rocky desert landscape, alert and ready to defend itself

Do Lizards Have Poison? The Science of Lizard Toxins

10 May 2024

While there are no poisonous lizards, some, such as the Gila monster, have venom glands and can deliver a venomous bite, although it's not particularly harmful to people.

A ball python curled up and partially buried in wood chips, appearing dormant

Do Snakes Sleep? Exploring Their Resting Behaviors

6 May 2024

Snakes do not sleep in the same way that humans do, but they do have special ways of resting that help them save energy while still being aware of their surroundings.

Photorealistic image of a brown and tan leopard frog crouched low, ready to attack a goldfish swimming in a backyard pond

What Do Frogs Eat? The Predatory Behavior of Amphibians

3 May 2024

Frog species that eat fish, the ways they've evolved to hunt, and what this means for managing frog-fish interactions in ponds.

Two koi fish, one with fully intact fins and another with a regenerating fin stub

Fish Fin Regeneration: Can They Regrow After Amputation?

28 April 2024

Fish fins are able to regrow as a result of epimorphic regeneration, which requires signaling pathways that control blastema formation and patterning.