While ground-dwelling (nonarboreal) salamanders seem helpless during freefall in a vertical wind tunnel, arboreal salamanders maneuver confidently. This suggests that the tree-dwellers have adapted to ...

“Our investigation of aerial behavior revealed that highly arboreal species of salamanders, especially the wandering salamander (Aneides vagrans), reliably engage in parachuting and gliding to ...

Brown and his team captured wandering salamanders, arboreal salamanders (Aneides lugubris), ground salamanders, speckled black salamanders (Aneides flavipunctatus) and ensatina salamanders ...

"Most surprising to us was the exquisite level of control that the more arboreal salamanders had in the vertical wind tunnel," the PhD candidate said. "Wandering salamanders were especially adept ...

detachment and general locomotion through their arboreal environment. The research not only uncovers a previously unknown physiological mechanism in salamanders but also has implications for ...

Now at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Brown and his colleagues wondered if the salamanders’ arboreal ways and proclivity to leap were related, and if the small creatures could orient ...

Why it's awesome: The wandering salamander isn't an average amphibian. Instead of skulking under logs or swimming in swamps, it lives an arboreal lifestyle. Native to the redwood forests ...

Another closely related species, the arboreal salamander, also was fairly adept at controlling its descent. By contrast, the other two species, which come from the same region but don’t ...

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 ...