A Glen Ellen volunteer dedicates his time to saving “soulful” amphibians from vehicular carnage. On a ribbon of road in West Marin, on wet winter nights when darkness comes early, a herd of determined ...

Reference Starring in mythological origin tales, axolotls are threatened salamanders that may hold the key to regenerating body parts in mammals. The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global ...

The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from ...

Salamander enthusiasts should be careful when seeking out these animals in the wild, since some of them are poisonous. There are four species of newt that are poisonous and can seriously harm a person ...

Salamanders use stress signals to prep their whole body to regrow limbs - offering new clues for human healing.

A former strip mine may not seem to be the most likely place to find wildlife. But a new study from biologists at UVA Wise ...

The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy, mucousy skin that’s ...

SANTA CRUZ >> Not to put too fine a point on it, but mating season gets pretty dirty for the salamanders of Santa Cruz County. When the winter rains fall, and the ground gets all squooshy, and ...

A recent visit to Salleyland, was as pleasant as could be expected on a muggy midsummer day while trudging through swamp mud and wiping spiderwebs from our faces. Even when I mistakenly grabbed a ...

Graduate student Regina Spranger walked just off the path on the UC Santa Cruz campus and flipped a log over to reveal a reddish-brown salamander. She picked up the squirmy amphibian, about as long as ...