These creatures are delicate and need very specific conditions to thrive. Cameras capture rare footage of endangered creature ...

A rare species of salamander found only in downtown Austin, Texas, is having some of its habitat restored — and these efforts ...

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 Chinese giant salamander is the world's largest amphibian, weighing upwards of 140 pounds and growing to a length of more than 5.9 feet Petr Hamerník - Zoo Praha via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...

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 ...

This image shows a fire salamander moving slowly through shallow water in its natural habitat. The scene captures the animal’s distinctive colors and calm behavior, highlighting a peaceful moment in a ...

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 ...

One is semi-aquatic, the other mostly terrestrial. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: ...

Amphibians aren't usually known for their parental care. When an amphibian does look after its eggs or young, it's usually the mother's job. But new research suggests the Japanese giant salamander ...

In 2016, photographs that purportedly showed a "hammerhead salamander" (also known as the "boomerang-head", or diplocaulus) started circulating on social media: Although the diplocaulus was indeed a ...