Holding a sandwich bag containing a squirming ... not just for the specimen Dr. Grant holds at a pond in Vermont, but for any salamander afflicted by a fungus that has ravaged its brethren ...

Holding a sandwich bag containing a squirming ... not just for the specimen Grant holds at a pond in Vermont, but for any salamander afflicted by a fungus that has ravaged its brethren in parts ...

But it’s not. Because one rainy night each spring, as soon as the evening temperature rises above 40 degrees and the snow begins to thaw, hundreds of spotted salamanders emerge from their ...