The two-inch-long, “neotenic” Jollyville Plateau salamander retains gills for its entire life and spends all its time underwater, inhabiting springs, spring runs and wet caves fed by the Edwards ...

Did you find it?” a researcher asked Pablo Sinovas, who believed he rediscovered the creature during a two-day jungle trek. “I have looked for it for 20 years.” ...

Amphibians like the long-toed salamander are particularly vulnerable to the ravages of wildfires. These creatures, which thrive in moist environments, find their habitats charred and uninhabitable ...

Some of these creatures must hop or slither as far as a quarter-mile—a long way for a small ... including green frogs, four-toed salamanders, northern spring peepers, eastern newts, bullfrogs ...