A red-backed salamander that is a chocolate brown base color with white speckling and a distinctly bright red-orange stripe running the length of its back from its neck to the tip of its tail rest on ...

Baby hellbender salamanders don't stand a chance against their fathers who have gone rogue and started cannibalizing their offspring. For the past eight years, scientists from Virginia Tech have been ...

The eastern hellbender is a rare giant salamander, and was recently spotted in Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Monte McGregor No, that’s not a rock — it’s a rare ...

Scientists partner with farmers, fishers, and nuns to save two aquatic salamander species. The axolotl—an amphibian with incredible regenerative abilities—is ubiquitous in pet stores, science labs and ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East ...

Wildlife biologists and managers are concerned about the effects of forest fragmentation and habitat loss on pond-breeding amphibian populations. Most research has assessed the effects of habitat ...