The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global biodiversity hot spot for salamanders. Dr. Deb Miller and Dr. Matt Gray lead the Amphibian Disease Laboratory at the University of Tennessee and are ...

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 ...

A new species of fungus that eats amphibians' skin has ravaged the fire salamander population in the Netherlands, bringing it close to regional extinction. Fire salamanders, recognisable by their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren) or even that the state has its own official state shell. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...

South Carolina has an official amphibian that represents the Palmetto State. This famous amphibian is none other than the spotted salamander. A pair of spotted salamanders, cousins to red-spotted ...

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

Birds and butterflies might be the most visually obvious autumn migrators, but whether it’s in the air or underfoot, there are all sorts of creatures moving across the landscape in retreat of the ...