The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

The Ensatina salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii), a lungless salamander common along the west coast of the US, is one of hundreds of species of salamanders endemic to North America threatened by ...

The Ensatina salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii), a lungless salamander common along the west coast of the US, is one of hundreds of species of salamanders endemic to North America threatened by ...

Salamanders have sensitive skin, so they’re not animals you can pet and hold. They also require specialized care to live ...

Long thought to be a single species, a new study has revealed that the Chinese giant salamander might actually be up to nine different species, bringing fresh calls to ramp up protections for this ...

Once winter rains fill the wetlands, the eggs hatch. In 1999 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the flatwoods salamander as a federally threatened species. Six years later, because the agency ...

Unlike frogs, salamanders keep their larval tail and slender bodies and move about by crawling rather than jumping. There are two species of large salamanders in New York, and both spend their entire ...

MATSUE--Seven new salamander species inhabiting puddles were confirmed in a 40-year research project in western Japan that increased the variety number to 44. Another type of salamander is also ...

A keystone in an arch's crown secures the other stones in place. Keystone species play the same role in many ecological communities by maintaining the structure and integrity of the community.

Several — like the Siskiyou Mountains salamander and the Scott Bar salamander — have very small home ranges, and logging of old-growth trees in their habitats, along with the increasing risks of ...