A giant 45lb salamander was rescued from beneath the rubble of a house during a demolition. Locals saved the 4ft amphibian after finding it trapped under the old building near Dalong Cave in Jishou, ...

The salamander was already featured as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and has apparently almost vanished from its freshwater home in China, Cunningham and ...

Since 2006, the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) has been studying and working to conserve the Eastern hellbender, a species of giant salamander native to the eastern United States.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report sightings of giant salamanders called hellbenders, also known as water dogs or snot otters for their slimy secretions.

IN Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 1.5m long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders. “Salamanders are big ...