March, thousands of salamanders emerged from their underground burrows across Central New York. They crawled over the cold, ...

For just one or two nights each spring, spotted salamanders emerge from underground and go in search of vernal mating pools.

New York officials are warning residents to be careful when driving on warm, rainy nights this spring as hundreds of ...

Natural closeup on a bright red Western redback salamander, Plethodon vehiculum sitting on the ground.(Getty Images/Wirestock) Fourth grade students from Powell Elementary School testified Wednesday ...

The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute will again focus on the Western tiger salamander this spring and offer the public opportunities to help assist Wyoming’s state amphibian with its ...

It’s not a swamp dweller, but the red-backed salamander is now the District’s official amphibian — thanks to lobbying by students at Powell Elementary School. The designation was retroactively ...

This video is no longer available. Students at Powell Elementary School in D.C. studied the red-backed salamander and thought that its red strips looked like the District’s flag. Now the D.C. Council ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian Creek MetroPark in Reily Township. Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very ...

Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren) or even that the state has its own official state shell. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...