Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as ...

A new research publication “Response of Terrestrial Salamanders to the Decade Following Timber Harvest in Hardwood Forests” by graduate research assistant/PhD candidate Alison Ochs along with ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

- Terrestrial salamanders means that they spend most of their life on land. So they are coming in contact with the soil. The aquatic salamanders are living in water.

Like all members of the so-called “mole salamander” genus, Ambystoma, the spotted salamander is a stout bodied animal (about 6-9 inches long) that spends most of its adult life in underground ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

A Few Differences Between the Two . As adults, newts live a semi-aquatic to aquatic life, while adult salamanders live a mostly terrestrial life, except for when they're breeding and laying eggs.

Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts. Newts are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. This lizard-frog ...

In the cold October air, my classmates and I gathered around the square oak board placed on the ground more than a year earlier. Carefully, we lifted it and peered underneath. Against the dark brown ...

The terrestrial salamanders catch invertebrates with their projectile tongues. They are found close to water under objects such as logs, leaf litter and rocks. The salamanders' practice of living in ...

The Red Hills Salamander is the only terrestrial vertebrate that inhabits only Alabama, according to Outdoor Alabama. They live in parts of just six counties: Crenshaw, Butler, Cov­ington ...