According to the peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature last week, 40.7 percent of amphibians (vertebrates that inhabit both aquatic and terrestrial habitats) are facing extinction due to factors including climate change effects, habitat loss, etc. The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of Earth’s biodiversity. New Delhi: Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class, a new study that assessed the extinction risk of 8,011 amphibian species using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species criteria has found. Among authors of the study are researchers from around the world...