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 ...

Salamanders are often mistaken for lizards, but the two groups are very different. Though they both have similar body shapes, lizards are reptiles (along with turtles, snakes, crocodiles, dinosaurs, ...

The trouble with spring is everything happens at once: Weather changes, flowers bloom, birds return, frogs call and fish spawn. As this huge wave of activity sweeps across our region, it is both ...

From dense forests to arid deserts, every reptile requires a particular habitat to thrive. While terrariums, vivariums, and aquariums are used to recreate these habitats, not all of these enclosures ...

“Ihave something I’d like to show you,” a caller informed me a few days ago. “I found something which I’ve never seen before in all my years of being outdoors.” “I believe it’s a lizard,” he continued ...

Shasta salamander photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service. Photos are available for media use. “California’s on the front lines of the amphibian and reptile extinction crisis, so we're relieved these ...

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 ...

Reporting from Palm Springs — As the sun rose over a wind-swept stretch of desert just east of Palm Springs, Cameron Barrows tramped over a series of dunes, identifying animal tracks in the sand -- ...

WASHINGTON— A new report by the Center for Biological Diversity today identifies the nation’s top 10 amphibians and reptiles in need of immediate federal protection to stave off extinction. The list ...