A 3D model of the world's largest living amphibian's bite, the Chinese giant salamander, reveals that it feeds on prey located in front of it, but can also perform quick strikes to the side on ...

The discovery offers hope for the possibility of re-establishing wild populations. Scientists stunned by species' remarkable ...

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 ...

Research shows that as urban development booms, this salamander's population declines — and with good reason, since development exposes the sensitive amphibian, its eggs and its invertebrate prey to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp ... flat head and front teeth to suck in and chomp unsuspecting prey, researchers said. Its skull was about 2 feet ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

“It's got a big, flat, toilet seat-shaped head, which allows it to open its mouth and suck in prey,” Jason Pardo, a postdoctoral fellow at the Field Museum in Chicago and the study’s co-lead ...