Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

Lakes, streams and aquifers across North America are crawling with salamanders of all shapes and sizes. For most people, ...

With 58 species of salamanders — more than one tenth of all the world’s salamander species — Georgia is a global “hot spot” for the amphibians. For all of their abundance, however ...

“We have since successfully reintroduced breeding populations of American toads, spring peepers, and gray treefrogs, and we have a list of amphibians, reptiles, and fish that we hope to ...

Richard hopes that organizing giant salamander viewing tours will make more people care about their conservation. Peter is a carpenter skilled in the use of white birch, a type of wood not often ...

Down a dirt track in Colombia, deep in a forest, conservationists are breeding prized exotic frogs to try to undercut ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The agency now has 12 ...

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and the gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids ...

The pioneering Black businesswoman has built something unique with the Salamander Collection: a venture that has perfected ...

An Aztec pyramid figurine found in the ancient city of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico stores a dark secret, which is discovered by professor Hiscock, a non-traditional hero, who will learn ...