DORRANCE TWP. – The small amphibian that Rick Koval lifted from underneath a streamside log literally brightened a dull, overcast April day. It was a Northern red salamander, and when Koval placed the ...

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 ...

FLORIDA PANHANDLE - In April, biologists released their 1,204th federally-listed threatened frosted flatwoods salamander larva (like a tadpole) into a restored Florida Panhandle wetland to help fend ...

“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any part of the human body causes all the hair to ...

You don’t have to go far to see amphibians in the city of Philadelphia, but you do need to know where to look, and sometimes listen, in order to find them. This hobby is often called “herping,” which ...

Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren) or even that the state has its own official state shell. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...

Precipitation during the hot days of summer can be quite sporadic. Though the weather statistics show that the summer is the wettest, these measurements often change from year to year and from ...

In the global amphibian crisis, salamander numbers across the species have dropped too, with around 60% of salamander species threatened with extinction. Researchers and conservationists need to start ...