The Eastern Tiger Salamander has managed to survive in an inhospitable and unlikely habitat in Wisconsin. Courtesy of Tamara Thomsen, Wisconsin Historical Society Dead leaves drift on the green, ...

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 ...

So much of New Hampshire’s natural beauty is obvious; from the top of a mountain trail, from the shore of a lake or pond, even from your kitchen window. You barely have to open your eyes to see it.

“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 ...

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 ...

The salamanders have been released onto privately owned timberland property in Santa Rosa County north of Pace The reticulated flatwoods salamander once thrived in coastal plain forests beneath ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Most amphibians aren’t exactly doting parents—they just find a partner and release as many eggs or sperm as possible, in hopes that viable ...