Living as we do here in the southern Blue Ridge province, we're situated smack dab in the middle of a region internationally renowned for its diverse salamander populations. Several of the species are ...

You’re hiking along a woodland trail and a movement on the path grabs your attention. A small, scaly creature scurries over a rock, then ascends an oak trunk and disappears into a hole. Later you rest ...

Certain species of salamanders and lizards can actually hear through their lungs, according to a new study at Ohio State University. The research extends previous studies showing that some types of ...

According to Animal Planet, salamanders were so-named because the creatures usually lived in wood piles used for cooking fires in the Middle Ages, and this led people to believe they lived in the fire ...

“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 ...

It's a longstanding mystery why salamanders can perfectly regenerate their tails whereas lizard tails grow back all wrong. By transplanting neural stem cells between species, researchers have ...

The next time you see a snake in your garden, let out a scream. A scream of joy, that is. Finding lizards, toads, frogs, salamanders and snakes is a sign that your garden is providing a healthy ...

Shasta salamander photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service. Photos are available for media use. “California’s on the front lines of the amphibian and reptile extinction crisis, so we're relieved these ...

ALBANY, N.Y.— New York has added the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, eastern fence lizard and eastern tiger salamander to its protected threatened and endangered species lists. The state’s Department of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Certain species of salamanders and lizards can actually hear through their lungs, according to a new study at Ohio State University. The research extends previous studies showing that ...