Did you know that one U.S. state has more unique salamander species than anywhere else? This region is a hotspot for these ...

Within a typical forest in the eastern United States, salamanders are everywhere. On an acre of forest, thousands of salamanders may be foraging among the leaf litter, under logs, and in creeks ...

Could the eastern hellbender salamander become the newest endangered species in Tennessee? It's possible. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander ...

How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree surfaces with such dexterity has long baffled scientists. A new discovery suggests they use a trick out of a horror movie ...

DESCRIPTION: Both species are moderately sized salamanders that are black to chocolate-black, with light gray lines and specks that form a cross-banded pattern across their backs. They can be ...

Apodaca, a biologist with a salt-and-pepper faux-hawk, was looking for a creature that, to an untrained eye, might be impossible to find: a rare salamander that lives hidden in narrow crevices no ...

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 ...

Wandering salamanders are known for gliding high through the canopies of coastal redwood forests, but how the small amphibians stick their landing and take off with ease remains something of a ...

Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...