These rare salamanders, which can grow to over two feet long, lurk in the wild rivers of Appalachia. To spot one, you’ll need a snorkel, and some luck.

Before 1991, the species was only found in four counties (Baker, Columbia, Nassau and Union) in northeast Florida, which is the southernmost edge of its range, according to the FWC. But the “secretive ...

A s night settled across a nature reserve in Thailand, a "slender" creature with "bent" toes emerged from its hiding place and climbed up a tree trunk. Its "large" brown eyes scanned the surrounding ...

Researchers thought leaf-toed geckos were locally extinct on Rábida Island, so they were thrilled to find several of the ...

This big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry ...

Former Missouri congressman Billy Long was ceremonially sworn in as IRS commissioner on Friday. Long, who once advocated for ...

During these surveys, Gomez and Hornyak look for Columbia spotted frog and long-toed salamander egg masses, and occasionally conduct trapping surveys where they’ve found fish, western painted turtles ...

The one-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter), one of the world’s most elusive salamanders, also makes its home in the Okefenokee’s dense peat deposits and can only be found in a few select locations in ...

From from three to five inches long, the Eastern red-backed salamander is the color of red bricks except for its grayish, granite-colored belly. Vermont also has four-toed salamanders and lots of ...

According to one student’s presentation, other species found in the ponds include Northwestern salamanders, long-toed salamanders, rough-skinned newts, Northern red-legged frogs and Pacific ...

The diminutive four-toed salamander demonstrates surprising freeze tolerance for its small size (typically 2-3 inches long). These salamanders can survive having approximately 15-20% of their body ...

Rare long-toed forest skink with yellow chest rediscovered sunbathing in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia after not being seen for over a century.