Back in March, something wonderful happened. When nighttime temperatures hit the low 40’, when it was rainy and drizzly, huge numbers of amphibians began to move about, heading toward ponds to mate ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Ijams Nature Center is excited about eggs they spotted in a pond this week. What they spotted were spotted salamander eggs. The Ijams team posted on social media to tell the ...

Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) This article ...

For spotted salamander embryos nearing hatching, they get by with a little help – not from friends, but from animals that are actually their predators. Voracious frog tadpoles chew on the egg masses, ...

Professor Peter Petokas holds a spotted salamander he captured in a vernal pool during a recent trek through the woods in Rice Township. PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER King’s College biology ...

Red-Backed Salamander eggs are laid on land, instead of in the water like many other salamander eggs. At Audubon, we have been taking students out on the trails for the last few weeks. My group often ...

One or more ATVs recently tore through pools serving as salamander nurseries on the Elms property south of Lexington Park, destroying hundreds of the amphibian eggs, an environmental educator said.A ...

A spotted salamander rests on a fallen log. Some salamander species are transforming from aquatic larvae to amphibious adults this week in Missouri. Watch for these unique creatures in the woods and ...

An "imperiled" salamander on the brink of extinction has been bred in captivity for the first time ever. Atlanta-based conservation organization, the Amphibian Foundation, has been working to breed ...

During the first warm rains of early spring, the cold-blooded yellow spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) emerges from its underground burrow to migrate to something called a vernal pool. Vernal ...

Back in March, something wonderful happened. When nighttime temperatures hit the low 40’, when it was rainy and drizzly, huge numbers of amphibians began to move about, heading toward ponds to mate ...