Six students from across the county learned all they could about caves and what dwells within them during a cave camp Tuesday at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur. The one-day camp was ...

Scientists have uncovered a giant, ancient salamander fossil in Tennessee.

It said data showed that the salamander population in Meads Quarry Cave fell by around 65% between 2004 and 2019. Close Ad To stream WBIR on your phone, you need the WBIR app.

The Berry Cave salamander is found in eastern Tennessee. The elusive Berry Cave salamander will get another shot at securing Endangered Species Act protection under a settlement agreement ...

And around 35 miles to the west of Valle Crucis, in Elizabethton, Tennessee, James Pierce caught his cat trying to kill a cave salamander in the mud tray for his boots.

Kevin Everette Hollingsworth fell asleep in death on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at the age of 57 after an extended illness. He was born on April 19, 1967 in Winston-Salem, N.C. to Brenda and Ray ...

Stretching a little over 9 inches long, the Berry Cave salamander has been found in only a handful of isolated caves — most in East Tennessee — where rapid growth combined with farm runoff ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is seeking to endangered species protections for the rare Berry Cave Salamander (Photo: Dr. Dr. Matthew Niemiller via Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) The ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its refusal to grant a rare southern salamander Endangered Species Act protections. Stretching a ...

Environmentalists summoned the Fish and Wildlife Service back to federal court Tuesday in an effort to secure Endangered Species Act protections for a cave-dwelling Tennessee salamander.

A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species Act protections to East Tennessee’s Berry Cave salamander. The suit was filed by the Southern ...

Scientists never imagined that the blind cave salamanders called olms willingly left their caves. But at numerous aboveground springs, there they were. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Scientists have ...