Living as we do here in the southern Blue Ridge province, we're situated smack dab in the middle of a region internationally renowned for its diverse salamander populations. Several of the species are ...

Certain species of salamanders and lizards can actually hear through their lungs, according to a new study at Ohio State University. The research extends previous studies showing that some types of ...

Salamanders and newts are both long-tailed amphibians, but what's the difference between them?

According to Animal Planet, salamanders were so-named because the creatures usually lived in wood piles used for cooking fires in the Middle Ages, and this led people to believe they lived in the fire ...

“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any part of the human body causes all the hair to ...

It's a longstanding mystery why salamanders can perfectly regenerate their tails whereas lizard tails grow back all wrong. By transplanting neural stem cells between species, researchers have ...

A rare decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week to pull its proposal to list a lizard in West Texas and New Mexico as an endangered species has Williamson County officials hopeful that ...

The next time you see a snake in your garden, let out a scream. A scream of joy, that is. Finding lizards, toads, frogs, salamanders and snakes is a sign that your garden is providing a healthy ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Certain species of salamanders and lizards can actually hear through their lungs, according to a new study at Ohio State University. The research extends previous studies showing that ...