Giant salamanders remain some of the most extraordinary freshwater creatures on the planet, often compared to mythical river ...

Releasing Chinese giant salamanders back into the wild sounds like a good idea, but it's causing problems for the salamanders ...

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

An aquatic creature that is extinct in the wild everywhere except Mexico City was discovered in a Pennsylvania waterway. The axolotl was found swimming in Walnut Creek near Lake Erie and brought to a ...

A “Water Dog” release in Ohio. Credit : Grahm S. Jones, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium This summer in eastern Ohio, more than 100 giant salamanders were released into local streams. The animals, called ...

The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from non-native salamanders introduced in the 1950s and 1960s for use as fishing ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is helping to grow the population of the endangered eastern hellbender salamander. Hellbenders, North America's largest amphibian, are an indicator of good water quality ...

The Cumberland River stretches 688 miles from its headwaters in southern Kentucky, through Tennessee, to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky. The river carves a diverse path, ...

A pair of studies from UT Austin offer insights into these keystone species. Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two ...

(WKBN) — Over 100 endangered giant salamanders were released into protected Ohio waterways this year as part of conservation efforts. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released a total of ...