Salamanders have sensitive skin, so they’re not animals you can pet and hold. They also require specialized care to live ...

Tiger salamanders are strikingly beautiful animals that are popular exotic pets. They have a fairly long lifespan and usually ...

The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

YEAH, BUT THOSE PETS CAN OFTEN CARRY DISEASES THAT CAN WIPE OUT OUR NATIVE SPECIES. OR JANE ROBELOT JOINS US NOW WITH A NEW PROTECTION FOR OUR SALAMANDERS, JANE. WELL, THAT’S RIGHT, SYDNEY AND ...

with more than 200 species. None are yet infected with Bsal, a highly virulent fungal pathogen from Asia that is spreading through the salamander pet trade and killing wild salamanders. The fungus is ...

Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very susceptible to toxins and pollutants, so their presence can help scientists understand how healthy a habitat may or may not be.

Staff with Evansville’s Wesselman Woods counts amphibians every March on warm rainy nights with citizen scientists. Annual ...

Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent ... estimates of the current axolotl population, the species Ambystoma mexicanum — endemic of central Mexico ...

MATSUE--Seven new salamander species inhabiting puddles were confirmed in a 40-year research project in western Japan that increased the variety number to 44. Another type of salamander is also ...

The presence of Bd and Bsal in the pet trade is cause for concern in North America, where almost half of all salamander species live. Appalachia and the West Coast are salamander diversity hotspots.

About an inch and a half long, the animal was a salamander with an oddly-shaped tongue. It was described as a species new to science. Bolitoglossa digitigrada, or the Rio Santa Rosa mushroom tongue ...