In the first century AD, Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder threw a salamander into a fire. He wanted to see if it could indeed not only survive the flames, but extinguish them, as Aristotle had ...

Charmander Is Based on the Mythical Salamander Charmander, The Lizard Pokémon; Pokédex #0004; Fire Charmander is an iconic Fire-type starter Pokémon , originating from the very first Pokémon game.

ugly if not venomous; two genuine fireproof salamanders. the far-famed beast, a myth almost in the world of science,brought to new-york. share full article. may 15, 1887.

Giant salamanders, or members of the Cryptobranchidae family, absorb oxygen through gills and folds of skin. Some giant salamanders can live to be more than 50 years old, while others can grow to ...

Loosely translated as “fire-lizard” based on a body shape similar to that of a lizard, and on the ages-old belief that it survives (or even originates) in fire, salamanders were in days of old ...

The trouble with spring is everything happens at once: Weather changes, flowers bloom, birds return, frogs call and fish spawn. As this huge wave of activity sweeps across our region, it is both ...

Based on Nordic myth, Bruni the fire salamander's concept design started with a Google search. Turns out that there's a real reptile called the fire salamander.

The salamander is based on a real Mexican lizard but it is also a creature of mythology with an ability to survive and extinguish fire, ...