Woodland salamanders have worn the same basic body plan for over 100 million years, leading scientists to dismiss them as evolutionary copies of each other. A new study decided to look closer, and ...

India, July 20 -- Scientists have identified a previously unknown giant salamander species from fossil bones discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q. Salamanders come in many colors and are widespread, yet they seem to be one of the least-appreciated groups of animals. Most of ...

More than 1,600 young Threatened frosted flatwoods salamanders reached the landscape this year despite one the severe droughts in the Southeast.

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging ...

Salamanders in some of North America's best habitat are shrinking fast as their surroundings get warmer and drier, forcing them to burn more energy. A new article examines specimens caught in the ...

The first warm rains of spring, usually around the end of March or the beginning of April, coax an assortment of amphibians from their winter dormancy. Wood frogs, spring peepers, and a variety of ...

Salamanders spend the majority of their lives below ground and surface only for short periods of time. When they do emerge, salamanders can be spotted not only on forest floors but also in trees, ...

The Eastern Tiger Salamander has managed to survive in an inhospitable and unlikely habitat in Wisconsin. Courtesy of Tamara Thomsen, Wisconsin Historical Society Dead leaves drift on the green, ...

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