Natural closeup on a bright red Western redback salamander, Plethodon vehiculum sitting on the ground.(Getty Images/Wirestock) Fourth grade students from Powell Elementary School testified Wednesday ...

With spring bringing an influx of rainy days to Ohio, a slithery, slimy amphibian has emerged and is roaming around. Hellbenders are real, but we're not talking about those amphibians. Ohio is home to ...

Vertebrate animals are those with backbones – fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. As a group, they are much less abundant than invertebrates such as insects, spiders, and mollusks. But ...

This northern forest species is so common that its biomass would outweigh all the large mammals and birds in its habitat combined. Martha Foley... Feb 04, 2016 — This northern forest species is so ...

It’s not a swamp dweller, but the red-backed salamander is now the District’s official amphibian — thanks to lobbying by students at Powell Elementary School. The designation was retroactively ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia has more than 40 state emblems – you might know of some, including the state bird, the northern cardinal, and the state flower, the American dogwood. But do you know what ...

"It's one of those things where all newts are salamanders, but all salamanders aren't newts," Nick Burgmeier, a research ...

Red-backed salamanders are little lungless salamanders that live in the deciduous forests of eastern and central U.S. and up into Canada. They have one of the biggest distributions of any North ...

WASHINGTON — Virginia could get a state salamander, thanks to a push from students, under a bill set for a vote in the House of Delegates Monday. A group of students from Northern Virginia and the ...