Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

The 6-foot-long, 140-pound Chinese giant salamander is a being that defies belief—and seemingly the laws of the physical universe. It’s the largest amphibian on the planet, a gargantuan (though ...

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 ...

Ambystoma is derived from either the Latin anabystoma, meaning “to cram into the mouth,” or from amblystoma , the Greek for “blunt mouth.” DESCRIPTION: Large for a modern amphibian, the male ...

The storm decimated a region rich with dozens of species already struggling with habitat loss and disease Alexa Robles-Gil - Daily Correspondent When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North ...

Salamanders are amphibians that look like a cross between a frog and a lizard. Their bodies are long and slender; their skin is moist and usually smooth; and they have long tails. Salamanders are very ...

An "imperiled" salamander on the brink of extinction has been bred in captivity for the first time ever. Atlanta-based conservation organization, the Amphibian Foundation, has been working to breed ...

To reproduce, of course. And a band of volunteers gathers at night to help it—and countless other amphibians—get to the other side A rare sighting of a northern spring salamander on migration night.

2001-08-30 04:00:00 PDT Stanford-- There's the Broadway Tunnel in San Francisco, the Waldo Tunnel in Marin County, the Caldecott Tunnel in the East Bay -- and now Stanford University is heralding the ...