Salamanders are carnivores across nearly all of their habitats, spread out across the world. Many animals may be picky eaters, but not salamanders: anything that fits in their mouths, they will eat.

Some salamanders eat frogs, mice and even other salamanders. Offspring. Many salamanders lay eggs, but not all. The alpine salamander and fire salamander give birth to live offspring, for example.

Both tadpoles and salamander larvae love to eat the little mosquito larvae, which are very nutritious. They play a similar role to that of bats in the air. This article is republished from The ...

Salamanders in Appalachia, for example, currently face decreases in suitable survival domains. Unfortunately, not every salamander can survive a move. Some salamanders survive through surprising ...

The authors calculate that woodland salamanders at the density in their study would send 179 pounds of carbon per acre of forest down into the soil, rather than up into the atmosphere.