Among the most distinctive salamanders you might encounter are the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), North America’s largest salamander reaching up to 29 inches in length; the ...

Among the most distinctive are the large hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), which can grow up to 29 inches long and inhabit the park’s cold, fast-moving streams, and the brilliant red-cheeked ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

Monster salamander with powerful jaws unearthed in Tennessee fossil find Date: June 17, 2025 Source: East Tennessee State University Summary: A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice ...

Marcelo Mayer — wearing the Wally head — got a kiss on both cheeks from a Red Sox starter after his first Fenway Park home run.

Salamander enthusiasts should be careful when seeking out these animals in the wild, since some of them are poisonous. There ...

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

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

The Texas General Land Office calls for the complete removal of the golden-cheeked warbler from the Endangered Species Act.

DEAR PET TALK: Do reptiles react to the changing moon cycles. Are they more active during the full moon? Mr. Wironen’s 4th grade, Reingold Elementary School ...

But these small, smiling salamanders are also helping scientists explore a medical mystery: Can people someday regrow arms or legs?