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 ...
Two recent amphibian-focused studies shed light on the ecological importance of red-backed salamanders, while confirming that proactive measures would prevent costly impacts from a wildlife disease ...
Salamanders that live their entire lives in the crowns of the world’s tallest trees, California’s coast redwoods, have evolved a behavior well-adapted to the dangers of falling from high places: the ...
More severe droughts caused by climate change and increasing water use in Central Texas have left groundwater salamanders “highly vulnerable to extinction.” Biologists at The University of Texas at ...
The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian Creek MetroPark in Reily Township. Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very ...
The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy and its partners released the hundreds of frosted flatwoods salamanders in Florida's panhandle Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...