A team of Brazilian biologists have documented legless, subterranean amphibian mothers producing a milk-like liquid– packed with fats and carbohydrates–for their offspring.

Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring. By Sofia Quaglia When born, baby caecilians — legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of a snake ...

Newly discovered legless amphibians live out their lives in underground burrows, tending their slimy pink young, which emerge from their eggs as miniature adults.

But this legless amphibian's time in obscurity has ended, thanks to an intrepid team of biologists led by University of Delhi professor Sathyabhama Das Biju. Over five years of digging through ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered 'unprecedented' snake venom resistance in an unexpected species -- the legless amphibian known as caecilians.

An international team of researchers has uncovered “unprecedented” snake venom resistance in an unexpected species – the legless amphibian known as caecilians.

The Caecilian, a legless amphibian that ranges from 5 centimeters to 5 feet long and resembles an eel or a snake, was discovered in a canal in Miami by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

It's not a snake – Mysterious legless, eyeless amphibians surface in Tamiami Canal Amy Bennett Williams Fort Myers News-Press ...

A new family of legless amphibians was discovered living 16 inches deep in the soils of northeast India. Named chikilidae, the family belongs to the rarest and most primitive of the amphibians—the ...

Legless Amphibians Have Snakelike Venomous Bites | RealClearScienceLong before snakes evolved their famous venomous fangs, toxic bites may have arisen in an ancient group of worm-like amphibians ...