Museum Night 2025 was a blast!
A few weeks ago, the entire team took part in the Museum Night at the Natural History Museum in Bern. The public were actively involved in talking to us about our research. In addition, we developed a game to learn…
Anne-Claire Fabre
Mammal curator at the Natural History Museum of Bern and leader of the Meta-Morphosis Project.
Meta-Morphosis the project! A Documentary Video
Patricia Teixidor interviews the Meta-morphosis team for an in-depth explanation of the project and its relevance to amphibian conservation, including a behind-the-scenes look at the collections and science laboratories at the Natural History Museum of Bern.
Presenting at the World Congress of Herpetology in Kuching, Borneo
The entire Meta-Morphosis team is ready to go to Kuching, Borneo, to present their results at the 10th World Congress of Herpetology!
Epic fail from the cutest and hungriest salamander ever!
Watch this salamander attempt and fail (twice!) to catch its food.
What is your spirit salamander?
Take an interactive quiz to determine which species of salamander is your spirit animal!
Axolotls at different stages of ontogeny before and after Deeplabcut
Axolotls at different stages of ontogeny, including suction feeding underwater, before and after applying Deeplabcut for automated feature tracking.
Olm (Proteus anguinus) suction feeding
An olm (Proteus anguinus) suction feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper) feeding
A Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper) feeding feeding above water.
Lower jaw modularity in the African clawed frog and fire salamander
From CT scans of 100 lower jaws from African clawed frogs and fire salamanders, we answer the question of whether the amphibian lower jaw evolves as a single unit or evolves with different modules evolving in different ways.
Adult northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) feeding
An adult northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) feeding above water, recorded using high-speed video.