Salamanders are amphibians that are best known for their lizard-like appearance Today we got to meet a couple of them and learn a few interesting facts about these interesting creatures, including the ...

In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: ...

On a frigid April day, Brock University Professor of Biological Sciences Glenn Tattersall, then-Ph.D. student Danilo ...

If you’re looking for the animal with the longest pregnancy on Earth, don’t think of whales or elephants. It’s actually the Alpine salamander. It is a.

Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Although hard to see, for many years the Hellbender Salamander could be found at the bottom of most East Tennessee freshwater streams. A recent dip in their population is making ...

(WJHL) – Virginia is home to North America’s largest salamander: the Eastern Hellbender. However, the massive amphibians can only be found in the Southwest region of Virginia, and their local legacy ...

“Wandering salamanders” live in some of the world’s tallest trees. They also are known to jump when disturbed. Now, researchers report in the journal Current Biology on May 23 that these salamanders ...

Wandering salamanders are known for gliding high through the canopies of coastal redwood forests, but how the small amphibians stick their landing and take-off with ease remains something of a mystery ...

This Western tiger salamander was collected and measured before being released during last year’s “Migration Night.” UW’s Biodiversity Institute will host the Laramie Salamander Migration Initiative, ...

Squeezed waist-deep into the dampness under a boulder the size of an SUV, Erin Gaylord just found a spiderweb. With her face. Next to her, scrunched under the same rock, Nicole Cobb is trying to help ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to decide whether to protect an ...