Scientists have detected snake-like dental glands in caecilians, which means these serpentine creatures might actually be venomous—an unheard of trait among amphibians. Caecilians secrete a substance ...

Caecilians are limbless amphibians that, to the untrained eye, can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians are only distantly related to their reptilian cousins, researchers in a study ...

A species of fanged 'worm' that looks like something from a horror movie is the first known amphibian with toxic dental glands, scientists say. US and Brazilian biologists found oral glands in ringed ...

Caecilian amphibians feed their young by producing a special skin layer, transferring microbes to promote a healthy microbiome. The study highlights this unique parenting behavior and its contribution ...

Oscaecilia ochrocephala is most commonly found in Panama and Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former ...

Caecilians have developed an oversized organ in their ears to help them sense underground vibrations, say scientists. The study, published in the Journal of Anatomy, found that caecilians – an ...

Caecilian mothers grow a fatty layer of skin that their babies tear off with specialized teeth and eat. Carlos Jared via the Florida Museum Soon after being born, elusive, worm-like amphibians called ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American An abundance of morphological and molecular ...

Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S.

Caecilians are limbless amphibians that can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians are only distantly related to their reptilian cousins, researchers describe specialized glands found along ...