A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The eastern hellbender would be ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender salamander near its cage, where it will stay for 48 to 60 hours ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed protections for eastern hellbender salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. This proposal would extend safety to ...

“Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” This isn’t the first time the Center for Biological Diversity has ...

However, one group of salamander-like creatures developed a remarkable adaptation to the extreme seasonal changes, as demonstrated by their unusual fossils. In a study published in the journal ...

Carefully, we lifted it and peered underneath. Against the dark brown soil, two shiny lines caught our attention: salamanders. Both were Eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), the most ...

Endangered striped tiger salamanders? He was not saying. The “No Electioneering” posters were put up all over all the platforms on Wednesday, the day after the elections, to remind candidates not to ...

Most adults vary from 4 to 8 inches in total length. The distribution of spotted salamanders in North America extends west to east from south-central Oklahoma through the entire eastern United States ...

This species can reach 7 inches in total length. Most adults vary from 4 to 6 inches in total length. Small-mouthed salamanders occupy a wide variety of habitats, from woodlands to pastures, and are ...