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ETSU researchers uncover a giant fossil salamander, shedding light on Appalachian biodiversity and ancient salamander ...
With 58 species of salamanders — more than one tenth of all the world’s salamander species — Georgia is a global “hot spot” for the amphibians. For all of their abundance, however ...
Salamanders are carnivores across nearly all of their habitats, spread out across the world. Many animals may be picky eaters ...
The discovery of a startlingly distinct salamander and research that defined another species have given Georgia a slippery title: No. 1 in the nation for salamanders. Scientists have documented 58 ...
RANGE: The historical range of the frosted flatwoods salamander included parts of the states of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, east of the Apalachicola-Flint Rivers. While the species is still ...
Southeastern Georgia, including Chatham County, was once a significant region for the frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) with populations documented near Pembroke, Bloomingdale ...
Georgia is a hotspot for salamanders; about 10 percent of the 560 species found worldwide inhabit the southern state. And now scientists can add one more to the Georgian list: Urspelerpes brucei.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal last week to list a salamander found in Georgia on the Endangered Species List. The eastern hellbender can be found in northern Georgia and ...
A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East ...
The zoo is now home to ten hatchlings of the Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei), an imperiled amphibian native to the Floridan Aquifer, a massive subterranean body of water that runs ...
Even though they can be hard to find in the wild, eastern hellbender salamanders always seem to attract a lot of attention, according to Thomas Floyd, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia ...
A powerful, long-extinct salamander once roamed the ancient forests of Tennessee, and its recent discovery is helping ...