Scientists in Australia just identified a new species of primitive amphibian with "gnarly teeth" that lived in the rivers of ...

Ohio is home to 25 species of salamander. An abundance of the amphibians — or lack thereof — can indicate the health of a ...

On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

They can be differentiated by several morphological characteristics. The frosted flatwoods salamander tends to be the larger of the two species, with a larger head and limbs, and with white spots on ...

The salamander is known for its mushroom-shaped tongue ... Females have a “pale orange” back with a dark brown band that runs from their head to the beginning of their tails, according to the study.

Unfortunately some kinds of salamanders, including the Shenandoah salamander, are declining rapidly and are now protected by the Endangered Species Act. The Shenandoah salamander is a small, ...