The Ijams Nature Center is excited about eggs they spotted in a pond this week. What they spotted were spotted salamander eggs. The Ijams team posted on social media to tell the public about the ...

An even larger species is the hellbender, a big fleshy salamander of river bottoms. In New York, only a few drainages along the southern border are home to hellbenders. Red-spotted newts begin life as ...

This is the time of year when our local amphibians will be migrating back to their natal pools to mate and lay eggs.

As a private university expands its footprint and threatens the amphibian’s habitat, residents are voicing their opposition ...

When the winter snow melts and the spring rain begins, vernal pools appear on the landscape. These ephemeral wetlands form in ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian ... known as vernal pools, where they mate and lay eggs. Salamanders will make the move in fits and spurts, but there are usually one or two nights ...

Every spring, on the first warm, rainy nights of the season, hundreds of salamanders and frogs make their way over land to ...

As larvae and as adults, frogs and salamanders also provide an important food source for other animals — birds, racoons and other animals of prey. “The goal for a spotted salamander over its ...

said in an interview that he understands residents' concerns but that he can't promise that there will be no impact to the spotted salamanders and the vernal pools where they lay their eggs each year.

Their mating is much more intimate than the spotted salamanders. Male frogs grab receptive females from behind and hold on, fertilizing the eggs as they are released. Peepers tend to lay one or ...