The first Global Amphibian Assessment was published in 2004 and found that amphibians are Earth’s most threatened class of vertebrates.

A new global assessment of the world's amphibians finds that more than 2 of every 5 known species is at risk of extinction. Habitat loss, disease and climate change are the main drivers.

That amphibians are the most imperiled class of vertebrates in the world is largely beyond debate. Such threats as habitat loss and overexploitation for meat or the pet trade are decimating amphibian ...

Their findings, published this week in Nature, indicate nearly 41 percent of amphibian species are threatened with extinction, making them the most imperiled class of vertebrates on the planet. Since ...

Gnathostome: Jawed vertebrates, encompassing both cartilaginous and bony fishes and tetrapods. Placoderm: An extinct class of armoured fishes with distinctive dermal plates, significant for ...

The UW Museum of Vertebrates is a research-based museum available to faculty, researchers and students for research opportunities and the public for educational opportunities. More information on ...

When JJ Apodaca was starting graduate school for biology in 2004, a first-of-its-kind study had just been released assessing the status of the world's least understood vertebrates.