JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East ...

An unusual underwater creature was captured in China, appearing so still and camouflaged that it was initially mistaken for a rock. Nathan Thompson filmed the encounter after noticing what he believed ...

A giant salamander - one the biggest ever known to prowl the forests of ancient Appalachia - is offering new insight into the region's remarkable amphibian diversity. Thanks to a fossil unearthed near ...

Wild sightings of California giant salamanders are increasingly uncommon. So when a park ranger spotted one while monitoring streams in a remote forest in September 2025, the discovery thrilled ...

A park ranger patrolling remote streams in California recently stumbled onto something most people will never see in their lifetime: a California giant salamander, one of the largest amphibians on the ...

Gaiasia jennyae measured 6-to-8 feet long and possessed four-inch fangs, per an eye-opening study published in the journal "Nature." C. Marsicano / SWNS Fangs for the memories. The tyrannosaurus rex ...

A giant salamander that once lived in the London Zoo and was later on display at the Natural History Museum represents a new species that may be the world's largest amphibian. A giant salamander that ...

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UNSPECIFIED - MARCH 23: Close-up of a giant salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus) (Photo by De Agostini via Getty Images/De Agostini via Getty Images) Expansion of renewable energy production, ...

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