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

Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

Ambystoma is derived from either the Latin anabystoma, meaning “to cram into the mouth,” or from amblystoma , the Greek for “blunt mouth.” DESCRIPTION: Large for a modern amphibian, the male ...

Amphibians aren't usually known for their parental care. When an amphibian does look after its eggs or young, it's usually the mother's job. But new research suggests the Japanese giant salamander ...

Within a typical forest in the eastern United States, salamanders are everywhere. On an acre of forest, thousands of salamanders may be foraging among the leaf litter, under logs, and in creeks ...

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 ...

The storm decimated a region rich with dozens of species already struggling with habitat loss and disease Alexa Robles-Gil - Daily Correspondent When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North ...

The striking, yellow-hued Jackson’s climbing salamander was first reported to science in 1975, then never recorded again. But last month, a guard at a recently created amphibian reserve in Guatemala’s ...

A rare creature estimated to be at least 200 years old has been found in a Chinese cave, according to reports from the People's Daily online. The captured giant salamander is 4.5 feet long and weighs ...

In 2016, photographs that purportedly showed a "hammerhead salamander" (also known as the "boomerang-head", or diplocaulus) started circulating on social media: Although the diplocaulus was indeed a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the salamander mussel as an endangered species. A species of freshwater mussel found in pockets of the Allegheny River might soon be protected ...