A baby salamander preserved in amber presents a scientific surprise, especially since it was discovered in a place where there are no known salamanders. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

In 2017, the researchers looked at 144 pitcher plants and found eight baby salamanders inside: 6 alive and 2 dead. In August and September 2018, the team looked at 58 plants and found 20 percent ...

A spotted salamander inside a pitcher plant. Patrick D. Moldowan. Pitcher plants—carnivorous flora that can be found across the world—have long been known to dine on living things, usually ...

Traffic on a busy roadway in Canada has halted for several weeks — not due to construction or road repairs, but to protect a tiny, slithery creature: the Jefferson salamander. The city of ...

Salamander eggs are clear and jelly-like, much like frog eggs. In fact, baby salamanders are just like baby frogs; their eggs are laid in water and the young are born without legs.

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Unfortunately, the Honolulu Zoo won’t be the new home for baby giant salamanders anytime soon, but zoo officials are optimistic that it could happen in the near future ...

WARREN COUNTY, Tenn. — While conducting fish sampling in Cane Creek, a tributary to Great Falls Reservoir, Tennessee Valley Authority biologists found and collected a baby salamander known as a ...

The salamander is known for living among the large, flat river rocks of Western North Carolina — and the broader southern Appalachian region — and can grow up to two feet, ...

With individuals weighing in at more than 140 pounds, the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander is well known as the world's largest amphibian. But researchers now find that those giant ...

So, I dutifully checked which direction this salamander was heading, ... (or baby salamanders) to parts unknown. But, every year they are back, a sure sign that spring is here. ...

“These populations aren’t very large, so even one salamander being hit would have an impact,” Zagorski said. The number of Jefferson salamanders in Ontario is not known, but in 2010, it was ...