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

Like all members of the so-called “mole salamander” genus, Ambystoma, the spotted salamander is a stout bodied animal (about 6-9 inches long) that spends most of its adult life in underground ...

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.

The smallest salamanders in the world, less than an inch long, occur on isolated mountaintops in Mexico. The largest salamander in the world is 4 feet, 9 inches long and lives in Japan.

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 ...