amphibians

An educational program at LSU’s Hilltop Arboretum focuses on Louisiana's reptiles and amphibians, aiming to highlight these often-overlooked species. The event provides an opportunity to learn about the state's hidden herpetofauna.

Palaeontologists discovered new evidence indicating that the early ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals did not possess a larval stage with external gills, challenging previous assumptions about their transition to land.

Billie Goolsby developed a robotic tadpole to study amphibian communication, leveraging her experience with hearing loss. The research, published in Nature, aims to decipher the secret lives of frogs and other amphibians.