Quick Take Underpasses in Vermont created specifically for amphibians reduce road mortality by over 80%. Scientists ...

In the animal kingdom, pregnancy rarely follows the rules, with many species being pregnant for a year or more.

For Ohio’s ‘snot otters’ to have a lasting future in the state, he says there needs to be a focus on protecting and restoring streamside forests.

This summer in eastern Ohio, more than 100 giant salamanders were released into local streams. The animals, called hellbenders, had been raised in captivity and were finally ready to head back into ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified a new salamander species in the remote páramo of Chirripó National Park, highlighting our country’s rich biodiversity and the pressing challenges facing high-altitude ...

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 ...

More than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders called hellbenders were released in Ohio this summer. Since eastern hellbenders, which can grow up to 2 feet, breathe entirely through their skin, ...

The release involved 116 juvenile eastern hellbenders as part of a collaborative effort to recover the species, which has faced dramatic declines due to habitat loss, pollution, and sedimentation.

A rare giant salamander called an eastern hellbender was spotted recently in Kentucky.The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Services posted a photo of the hellbender taken by one of their ...

There’s a peculiar posse of amphibians creeping through the damp leaf litter of the North American Great Lakes. They’re about the size of a slim sausage, splotchy brown with watery smiles and bulging ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East ...