Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio is home to many salamander species, including the red-backed salamander. It was recently found wriggling around at the Ohio ...

If the eastern red-backed salamander has an equivalent of Usain Bolt, Sophia Zaslow is determined to find it. Since her undergraduate years, the Binghamton University doctoral student in biological ...

Natural closeup on a bright red Western redback salamander, Plethodon vehiculum sitting on the ground.(Getty Images/Wirestock) Fourth grade students from Powell Elementary School testified Wednesday ...

The second stage in the life cycle of the Eastern spotted newt is the red eft. Of all of the salamanders in our area, this is probably the easiest one to find. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON It has ...

In the forests across the eastern United States there hides a large, nearly mythical creature most people have never seen. Known as the spotted salamander, these yellow polka-dotted amphibians can ...

If you spot a small, long-tailed amphibian near a forested pond, you are likely looking at a salamander or a newt. But what's the difference between a salamander and a newt? And how do you tell them ...