Julie Watson In last month’s column (April Showers bring Vernal Pools) we talked a lot about Ohio’s native amphibians (frogs, toads, and salamanders). This month I want to talk about Ohio’s ...

You don’t have to go far to see the largest salamanders in North America thanks to a new RV Campground introduced by the ...

A section of Stebbins Gulch and Bole Woods at Holden Arboretum were recently added to the national Old-Growth Forest Network.

On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As ...

These species both preyed on Mazama newts. Over the next 100 years, the waters of the lake started to slowly rise, the winters became shorter and the crayfish population exploded, gradually ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian Creek MetroPark in Reily Township. Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (WTRF ... the local high school focuses on raising salamanders, his students are also studying other elements like diet, habitats, and water quality. Not only will this help a local ...

Protection under the act would also guarantee conservation efforts to protect the salamanders. The Endangered Species Act currently protects 131 species that are known to live in Tennessee ...

Intrigued, the team took a closer look at the animals, analyzed their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Tylototriton koliaensis, or the Cao Bang crocodile newt. Cao Bang ...

They also have "rough" skin. Researchers later confirmed that the newly discovered critters are a new species of "crocodile newt," an amphibian named for their resemblance to crocodiles.