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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...

The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

These salamanders spend most of their lives underground, in crayfish burrows, root channels or burrows of their own making. They emerge in the late fall to migrate to small, isolated seasonal wetlands ...

Could the eastern hellbender salamander become the newest endangered species in Tennessee? It's possible. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to ...

“We can’t allow these unique salamanders be lost to our own carelessness.” Kern Canyon Slender Salamander, Batrochoseps simatus. Credit: Andreas Kettenburg, copyright. Image is available for media use ...

Japanese giant salamanders are a rare species with over ... He says he loves to draw his own sketches and see the objects he crafts take shape. The town of Daisen in Tottori Prefecture sits ...