A Glen Ellen volunteer dedicates his time to saving “soulful” amphibians from vehicular carnage. On a ribbon of road in West Marin, on wet winter nights when darkness comes early, a herd of determined ...

Reference Starring in mythological origin tales, axolotls are threatened salamanders that may hold the key to regenerating body parts in mammals. The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global ...

The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from ...

Salamander enthusiasts should be careful when seeking out these animals in the wild, since some of them are poisonous. There are four species of newt that are poisonous and can seriously harm a person ...

Salamanders use stress signals to prep their whole body to regrow limbs - offering new clues for human healing.

The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy, mucousy skin that’s ...

A former strip mine may not seem to be the most likely place to find wildlife. But a new study from biologists at UVA Wise ...

Graduate student Regina Spranger walked just off the path on the UC Santa Cruz campus and flipped a log over to reveal a reddish-brown salamander. She picked up the squirmy amphibian, about as long as ...

Warming spring days cause many Northwesterners to reach for binoculars and look up for birds. My inclination is to look down. It’s time to find salamanders, encounters that could lead you to ...

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 ...

Traffic is down, thanks to the pandemic. That’s good news for amphibians looking to migrate safely. Greg LeClair, who coordinates the Maine Amphibian Migration ...