A group of students has been trying to get the state to recognize the blue-spotted salamander for years. Here's why.

Eastern Tiger Salamander. Image via Depositphotos. Tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) are robust, terrestrial amphibians that make excellent pets for beginners ready to care for a larger, ...

For the past 20 years, the city has held a salamander festival to educate the public about its slippery spotted neighbor. We’re hiring! Please take a look at the new openings in our newsroom.

Large (up to 1.5 inches long) and orange (usually) ... Along with spotted salamanders, blue-spotted salamanders and wood frogs, fairy shrimp are an indicator species for vernal pools.

In his entire 16-year career, Smith’s spotted a hellbender in the wild on just two occasions, in part because he’s not looking for them. At least not directly.

According to Huron Pines, 16 species of salamanders were found during last year’s survey, which included 14 Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders and two Spotted Salamanders.

Spotted salamanders migrate a few hundred feet. They’ll stay in the water for a mating season that lasts only a few days, then return to the woods. But what a few days it is!

The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency said each female spotted salamander lays around 100-300 eggs per year in several ... black or steel grey color with bright yellow or yellow-orange spots.

When the Northwoods begin to thaw, whimsical creatures like fairy shrimp and spotted salamanders quietly come to life in Michigan’s vernal pools. It’s on us to keep it that way. This article ...

Spotted salamanders have yellow and orange spots that cover them from head to tail. Their legs are large and strong with four or five toes. During the first warm rains from February into March, ...

Soon, the spotted salamanders and wood frogs will migrate to vernal pools to breed. ... Pink and orange filled the eastern sky. Smoke from a wood-burning stove scented the still air.

Sometimes, among the rocks in their flower garden or the banks of the creek, Valky-Bryant and her daughters found blue-spotted salamanders or orange eastern newts, but this one was different.