can’t tell you where I interviewed Max Lambert, but I can tell you what we saw. It wasn’t pretty. Lambert is a research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He has been ...

A red-backed salamander that is a chocolate brown base color with white speckling and a distinctly bright red-orange stripe running the length of its back from its neck to the tip of its tail rest on ...

Salamanders and newts are both long-tailed amphibians, but what's the difference between them?

Reference Starring in mythological origin tales, axolotls are threatened salamanders that may hold the key to regenerating body parts in mammals. The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global ...

The hellbenders’ alarming change in behavior may be linked to deforestation, a new study found. By Elie Dolgin The hellbender salamander has been called a lot of things. Snot otter. Mud devil. Old ...

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 ...

When was the last time you thought about salamanders? It’s understandable if your answer is “never.” If I can be embarrassingly honest with you, prior to working as a research assistant for a ...

Baby hellbender salamanders don't stand a chance against their fathers who have gone rogue and started cannibalizing their offspring. For the past eight years, scientists from Virginia Tech have been ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A skin-eating fungus that infiltrated Europe through the global wildlife trade is threatening to inflict massive losses on the continent's native salamanders including ...

Many people don’t realize that many amphibians are carnivores or at the very least insectivores. These animals hunt for food and consume their prey. This can present some challenges for owners who are ...