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Massachusetts residents, meet the critter who could become one of the state’s newest official animals. A group of students from Andover have made it their mission to bring awareness to the ...
Northwestern Salamander. Image via Openverse. The Jefferson salamander exhibits moderate freeze tolerance compared to some amphibian champions, but still demonstrates impressive cold hardiness. These ...
The salamander tunnels criss-crossed ancient forests, and its appetite likely shaped the mix of smaller amphibians in the surrounding ecosystems. Fossil may explain salamander diversity Today, the ...
A blue-spotted salamander. getty Two underpasses costing $330,000 in the Lake Champlain Valley are a model effort showing how a Vermont community rallied behind thousands of tiny salamanders ...
HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Nine-year-old Ruby Banta thought it was a pretty simple choice, even for adults. “This was the salamander’s habitat first,” she said after an afternoon soccer game. “It ...
Other amphibians known to use Long Island vernal pools include cousins to the Spotted Salamander: Marbled, Blue-spotted and Eastern Tiger Salamanders (a New York State endangered species), Red-spotted ...
Other amphibians known to use Long Island vernal pools include cousins to the Spotted Salamander: Marbled, Blue-spotted and Eastern Tiger Salamanders (a New York State endangered species), Red-spotted ...
Meet the Spotted Salamander Photo by Adobe Stock The yellow-spotted salamander is a slippery, shiny Mississippi amphibian. Also known as Ambystoma maculatum, this is a large amphibian, measuring ...
With a worm-like head, this little brown beauty with metallic flecks showed “subtle colour after the first impression of drabness” and was probably eight or nine months old. A terrestrial salamander, ...
This is the most adorable creature you might never see The spotted salamander has been heralding the season’s arrival for millions of years.
A number of amazing creatures have fooled us into thinking they went extinct either millions of years ago or in modern times, only to be rediscovered.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency said each female spotted salamander lays around 100-300 eggs per year in several separate masses. The amphibian can grow to be nearly 8 inches long.