Salamander enthusiasts should be careful when seeking out these animals in the wild, since some of them are poisonous. There ...

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

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

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 ...

A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus ...

ETSU scientists uncovered Dynamognathus robertsoni, a massive fossil salamander that sheds new light on the evolution of Appalachian amphibians.

Newts are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. This lizard-frog look-alike belongs to the family Salamandridae, which includes partially terrestrial, or land-dwelling, salamanders.

Two Vermont underpasses are model wildlife crossings after a community rallied to stop thousands of migrating salamanders from being run over on a Monkton road.

This Western tiger salamander was collected and measured before being released during last year’s “Migration Night.” UW’s Biodiversity Institute will host the Laramie Salamander Migration Initiative, ...

(CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday for dragging its feet in granting environmental protection to two salamander species. The center and the ...

Many terrestrial salamanders head underground for the coldest months. In addition to red-backed salamanders, this group includes four-toed salamanders, so named for only four toes on each hind foot, ...

Salamanders Are Surprisingly Abundant in Northeastern USA Red-backed salamanders play a more prevalent role in terrestrial temperate ecosystems than previously suspected.