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

A newly discovered species of giant salamander is thought to be the world's largest amphibian after it was identified using DNA from a museum specimen. The South China giant salamander is almost 2m ...

This summer in eastern Ohio, more than 100 giant salamanders were released into local streams. The animals, called hellbenders, had been raised in captivity and were finally ready to head back into ...

Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released 116 giant salamanders, called hellbenders, into the state's waterways over the summer The salamanders, listed as vulnerable by IUCN, are part of ...

KENTUCKY (WDKY) — Biologists surveying an eastern Kentucky stream captured a glimpse of a rarely seen giant salamander whose numbers are declining. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Researchers combed through Florida's wetlands and came across a positive development: the reappearance of the many-lined salamander, a species that hasn't been seen in the area for over 30 years. The ...

Wildlife biologists get picture of rare giant salamander in Kentucky River. It's the picture that has wildlife biologists buzzing. A rarely seen giant salamander, called the Eastern Hellbender, is ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released more than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders this summer into protected waterways in eastern Ohio. According to a release ...

The fossils would later travel all over the world much like the animal did in life, before being stuffed in storage and ...