Graduate student Regina Spranger walked just off the path on the UC Santa Cruz campus and flipped a log over to reveal a reddish-brown salamander. She picked up the squirmy amphibian, about as long as ...

A recent visit to Salleyland, South Carolina, was as pleasant as could be expected on a muggy midsummer day while trudging through swamp mud and wiping spiderwebs from our faces. Even when I ...

Massachusetts residents, meet the critter who could become one of the state’s newest official animals. A group of students from Andover have made it their mission to bring awareness to the ...

Researchers find that Plethodontidae, a dominant family of salamanders, all of which are lungless as adults, actually develop lungs as embryos shedding light on the evolution of lung loss over ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In East Tennessee, there are cows resting and homes swallowed by greenery. Salamanders like Henry are out there too, but Henry lives in a lab at the Center for Wildlife Health.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The blustery, rainy night in early March was perfect for amphibians to migrate to vernal pools for ...