A new species of legless amphibian resembling a giant earthworm or a snake has been discovered in a remote but threatened area of Cambodian rainforest. The grey-brown creature, called Ichthyophis ...

The largest amphibian in the world is a newly-discovered species of giant salamander that once had a home at London Zoo. It had been long-assumed that a 74-year-old specimen now housed at the Natural ...

The large salamander is presumed to still live in the wild, but is likely also mistaken for Chinese giant salamanders, which together had been thought a single species. A giant salamander whose ...

The world’s largest amphibian, the Chinese giant salamander, has been pushed to the brink of extinction in the wild, according to a new study. The ancient creatures, which date back 170 million years, ...

The world's largest amphibian is in "catastrophic" decline, with possibly only a handful left in the wild. Field surveys carried out over four years suggest the Chinese giant salamander has all but ...