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Despite being in the scientific spotlight for centuries, the fire salamander’s biofluorescence was overlooked until now.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images/Raimund Linke European fire salamander can be fun to name. Salamanders and newts might not be the kinds of pets you ...

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 ...

Like Peter Pan, the alpine newt sometimes refuses to grow up. In their juvenile form, these alpine newts slurp up plankton in the icy mountain pools they call home, as high as 8,000 feet above sea ...

Wildlife officials warn pet owners about the spread of a fungal disease that could infect and kill newts and salamanders. The illness has been known to wipe out entire populations of wild animals ...

Holding a sandwich bag containing a squirming, Eastern red-spotted newt, Evan Grant inspected its shiny skin for signs of a killer.If he finds what he's looking for, a gruesome fate awaits the ...

When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking ...