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

In about six weeks, the eggs hatch and the salamanders exist as free-living larvae, feeding on tiny pond animals. Larvae usually metamorphose into adults by the end of summer or before the pond dries ...

Tiny jumping wood frogs blended in with the ... making them ideal nurseries for tadpoles and salamander larvae. As we walked, Heady pointed out a wide range of other spring-breeding amphibians ...

After the eggs are fertilized internally, a female can lay up to 1,300, which she deposits individually or in small batches. Adults move back to their terrestrial burrows after breeding. LIFE CYCLE: ...

The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute will again put the spotlight on the Western tiger salamander this spring ...

In anticipation of the crossing, the town has agreed to close a portion of the road for one night during the frog-pocalypse in order to grant them car-free passage across the road.

Traffic on a busy roadway in Canada has halted for several weeks — not due to construction or road repairs, but to protect a tiny, slithery creature: the Jefferson salamander. The city of ...

Endangered salamanders threatened by sprawling suburbs will get car-free access to small stretches of the ...

DESCRIPTION: Both species are moderately sized salamanders that are black to chocolate ... Females lay their eggs at or near the edge of the water in small depressions, beneath leaf litter, logs or ...