The marbled salamander were considered locally extinct in the Boston area. Photo by Tigran Tadevosyan Since 2016, a group of conservationists have been releasing marbled salamanders in the Middlesex ...

Marbled salamanders were considered locally extinct from Middlesex Fells outside Boston for nearly 100 years, Massachusetts zoo officials say. Scientists have indication the salamanders are back.

With 58 species of salamanders — more than one tenth of all the world’s salamander species — Georgia is a global “hot spot” for the amphibians. For all of their abundance, however, salamanders, which ...