Saving salamanders from amphibian killer may take extreme measures. Experience from outbreaks of lethal Bd fungus may help defend North America’s salamander paradise.

Now researchers fear the new fungus, discovered in 2013 and called B. salamandrivorans, or Bs, could massacre many of the salamanders lucky enough to escape Bd.Every single salamander from nearly ...

It’s like identifying the killer at a crime scene: When researchers come across a salamander in their search, they collect material on its skin, run a DNA test, and look for a match in their ...

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy released 1,204 frosted flatlands salamanders in Florida's panhandle in April to help boost the endangered species' wild populations.

We met the ecologist Karen Lips in Washington, D.C. One morning, she picked us up from a Metro station and took us to Shenandoah National Park, keen to show us a species of salamander.

Hidden by their size and habits, salamanders — those charismatic microfauna integral to ecological functions — are equally worthy of consideration. Skip to content Local News ...

The internet’s favorite salamander, only found in the wild in Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco, is critically endangered. Here’s how people are fighting to save them.

Hellbender salamanders call Tennessee and 14 other states in the United States home, including Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia. The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was ...