A fire salamander moves slowly across a moss-covered forest floor, its bright yellow patterns standing out against the ...

Discover how North America’s amphibians and reptiles survive winter’s chill. From freeze-tolerant wood frogs to ...

"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 ...

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 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.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released more than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders this summer into protected waterways in eastern Ohio. According to a release ...

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 ...

Nearly two dozen salamanders were found around blackwater streams in northeast Florida during two years of surveys, researchers said. Photo from the Southwest Florida Water Management District ...