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

This seems to me to be the summer of the salamanders. I suppose this is true for most water-loving things-fungi, slugs, and many of the vegetables in my garden that I’ve apparently always ...

SASAYAMA, Japan — It’s big and slimy, with bulbous fingertips and a fat, flipper-like tail. It hides under rocks during the day and comes out to feed at night, sucking anything that passes into its ...

Hellbender salamanders used to be common in streams across Kentucky, but their numbers have been on the decline in recent years. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky ...

Scientists have identified a new species of salamander living in murky swamps and marshes of the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama. The green salamander has frilly, fern-like external gills on ...

A new species of Chinese giant salamander has been identified as the world’s largest amphibian, measuring at a whopping 5 feet, 9 inches. The salamander, Andrias sligoli, is one of three newly ...

A population of mole salamanders in the Midwest is throwing a curveball at our understanding of sex and reproduction. Some populations of this salamander are unisexual—they’re females that can ...

A rare lungless creature — speckled with yellow spots — breathes through its skin and lives in ancient rock faces of Appalachia in the southeastern U.S. It’s a “mascot of the mountains” and at risk of ...