It can’t see its prey for as it grows up ... The only other amphibian to even approach its lifespan is the giant salamander, which is a thousand times heavier. You can see how unusual the ...

this monster can hunt even in darkness by sensing the electrical impulses of its doomed prey. The monsters are called amphiumas, aquatic salamanders so different from other members of the ...

Instead, the salamander uses heightened senses of smell ... it relies on its sensitive skin and acute chemical detection to locate prey. Its slow, careful movements help it conserve energy ...

Salamanders eat things that bigger consumers can't eat and are themselves prey for other animals, meaning salamanders punch above their weight in an ecosystem's food web. "Salamanders serve a ...

These features and other physiological characteristics meant that the ancient giant salamander likely hid, then ambushed its prey, because it probably lacked the speed of other predators. “Fast ambush ...

juvenile spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). This population of Northern Pitcher Plants in Algonquin Provincial Park is the first to be found regularly consuming a vertebrate prey.

“Few may ever be fortunate enough to see one of these intriguing salamanders, but their habitat is important, and they play a crucial role in the web of life, helping to control insect populations and ...

A study published Wednesday in Nature names the species Gaiasia jennyae — a salamander-like tetrapod ... had a powerful bite for capturing larger prey. “It has these huge fangs, the whole ...

Hellbenders are important to the ecosystem, experts said, because they are both predators, keeping crawfish numbers in check; and prey, when they are small, for fish and other salamanders.