The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually ...

Scientists have tested a new way to monitor a rare breed of salamander. They implanted microchips into 80 achoque, which are only found in one lake in Mexico.

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

Salamanders are amphibians that are best known for their lizard-like appearance Today we got to meet a couple of them and learn a few interesting facts about these interesting creatures, including the ...

Tennessee SciGirls explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park in search of salamanders. SciGirls in Tennessee explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park—the salamander capital of the world. Isabelle ...

Squeezed waist-deep into the dampness under a boulder the size of an SUV, Erin Gaylord just found a spiderweb. With her face. Next to her, scrunched under the same rock, Nicole Cobb is trying to help ...

In a monastery beside a 16th-century basilica in Pátzcuaro, Mexico, Dominican nuns move between rows of aquarium tanks, ...

Biologists have long been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have ...

Human-caused climate change is threatening amphibians around the world, a new study published Wednesday suggests. In fact, 2 out of every 5 amphibian species are now threatened with extinction ...

Species included 75 amphibians, 89 birds, 54 mammals and 40 reptiles ... This research aims to solve one of conservation's most pressing puzzles. This information will answer one of the most pressing ...