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 two-inch-long, “neotenic” Jollyville Plateau salamander retains gills for its entire life and spends all its time underwater, inhabiting springs, spring runs and wet caves fed by the Edwards ...

You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable ...

The axolotl (ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) is the Peter Pan of salamanders. While most amphibians grow out of their aquatic phase to begin their lives on land, the axolotl largely retains its larval ...

In the wet season, salamanders sometimes venture a few meters away from streams. Young salamanders, however, only live in water and breathe using gills, which they lose as adults. These salamanders ...

The salamander has a creamy, translucent appearance, a flattened snout, elongated limbs, small eyes, a relatively short tail with a yellow-orange stripe, and three pairs of bright-red external gills ...

fresh-water salamanders that live in the water instead of on land. Their mouths are permanently upturned into a slight smile, and they can regenerate limbs, gills, and even parts of their eyes and ...