A new study suggests that a tree-dwelling salamander may be able to control its grip on trees' bark by pumping blood in and out of the tips of its toes. This rather crafty strategy could one day be ...

with webbed toes ... to a group of salamanders known as tropical climbing salamanders or mushroom-tongued salamanders, which catch insects and other prey with their long sticky tongue.

“This is the most important wildlife corridor in northern Monterey County ... the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander and steelhead trout. The populations are federally threatened and nobody ...

At a mountainous farm in northern Vietnam, a “crocodile”-like creature with “long” limbs sat in a ... had encountered “cryptic”-looking salamanders in the area, and researchers wanted ...

Elaine Power first became interested in studying coprophagy—the practice of eating feces—when she was teaching high school ...

The region is home to rare and vulnerable flora and fauna, including the Cascades frog, the northern spotted owl, the long-toed salamander, and the sugarstick—a parasitic plant associated with the ...

The coastal prairie gives way to a pygmy forest, where centuries-old trees stand no taller than you. It’s like stumbling into ...

Wandering salamanders pump their toes full of blood before lifting their feet, a trick that may help them release their sticky grip while conserving energy ...

Wandering salamanders are known for gliding high through the canopies of coastal redwood forests, but how the small amphibians stick their landing and take-off with ease remains something of a mystery ...