Amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study. By Sofia Quaglia Sofia Quaglia previously wrote about ...

Caecilians, worm-like amphibians that live underground, produce a milk-like substance for their hatchlings. This is behavior typically seen only in mammals, said Brazilian researchers Thursday in ...

A worm-like creature secretes a nutritious milk from its rear end to feed its hatchlings, in the first known example of an amphibian feeding its young in this way. The ringed caecilian (Siphonops ...

Video footage captures an egg-laying amphibian "nursing" its babies with a nutritious liquid similar to mammalian milk. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...