Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have mapped the genome of the Iberian ribbed newt and revealed how the composition and ...

Slippery salamanders glide mysteriously through the canopies of the world’s tallest trees. Now, scientists say they ...

HARRISBURG—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an Endangered species. A ...

A new study suggests that a tree-dwelling salamander may be able to control its grip on trees' bark by pumping blood in and ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter ...

The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to ...

The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in ...

Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

After a decade of legal maneuvering, the eastern hellbender, a salamander known to reside in a number of cool, clear West Virginia streams, is now being proposed for Endangered Species Act ...

They call them snot otters, devil dogs and Allegheny alligators, all fitting nicknames for the fat brown salamanders lurking under river rocks — slimy giants of the NC mountains. Weighing 4 ...