For her doctoral dissertation, Yale’s Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the forces of evolution. She found that there is more to its evolution than meets ...

In antiquity, many thought salamanders were fire-proof. The legend, which likely originated from the amphibians’ penchant for living in firewood, inspired the common name of the fire salamander, a ...

The Upper Peninsula's blue-spotted salamanders are out and about this spring as they mate and lay eggs in wetlands, and a Northern Michigan University program is keeping watch over them. Each spring, ...

A park ranger patrolling remote streams in California recently stumbled onto something most people will never see in their lifetime: a California giant salamander, one of the largest amphibians on the ...

The frosted flatwoods salamander is a threatened species now found in only three locations in Georgia and Florida. Conservationists are surveying the salamander population at Fort Stewart, which ...

It’s a cold night in a Canadian forest. Temperatures are below freezing, snow is on the ground and most animals remain hidden to avoid the harsh conditions. But one creature is braving the cold ...

Using a specialized camera, they captured thermal images of the salamanders, recorded their body mass and determined their sex, as well as measuring air temperature and humidity. The results showed ...

It’s not just basketball season. It’s also mating season for salamanders, so watch where you step. On Friday, Jan. 9, South Lakeshore Drive near Homewood High School will be closed to allow for a safe ...

On warmer, rainy nights in January, more salamanders and frogs will be trying to make their way across the roads in Alabama. It’s mating season, and they need to move during a time when it’s possible ...

A pair of studies from UT Austin offer insights into these keystone species. Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two ...

FLORIDA PANHANDLE - In April, biologists released their 1,204th federally-listed threatened frosted flatwoods salamander larva (like a tadpole) into a restored Florida Panhandle wetland to help fend ...

AUSTIN, Texas — We're no strangers to drought in Central Texas. In fact, words like "drought," "water conservation" and "water shortage" tend to lose their meaning after multiple years of ...