“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any part of the human body causes all the hair ...

We came across some blue spotted salamanders and quickly found out - they’ve got a defense mechanism you won’t forget. In this video, we take a closer look at what makes these little ...

A group of students has been trying to get the state to recognize the blue-spotted salamander for years. Here's why.

This famous amphibian is none other than the spotted salamander. A pair of spotted salamanders, cousins to red-spotted newts, have been studied in the past at Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge.

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 ...

Spotted salamanders migrate a few hundred feet. They’ll stay in the water for a mating season that lasts only a few days, then return to the woods. But what a few days it is!

James Seay Brown Jr., a retired folklorist and natural historian who worked at Samford, wrote about Homewood’s relationship with the spotted salamander in his book, “Distracted by Alabama ...

Spotted salamanders have dark skin like slimy salamanders, but they have bright yellow spots. They’re common throughout the United States and Canada, but you should never take them out of the wild.

The spotted salamander is the South Carolina official state amphibian. Here’s what to know about the SC critter.

“The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) was designated the official state amphibian of South Carolina in 1999 after a year-long campaign by the third grade class at Woodlands Heights ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency said each female spotted salamander lays around 100-300 eggs per year in several separate masses. The amphibian can grow to be nearly 8 inches long.

Spotted Salamander initially started more than a decade ago as a catering company. In 2014 it launched a brick-and-mortar cafe on Richland Street, and it expanded that cafe in 2016.