Red-spotted newts begin life as a small aquatic larva ... the foliage of ferns and shrubs searching for invertebrate prey. A close relative, the northern dusky salamander, rarely strays farther than a ...

The Eastern red-backed salamander has been spotted in Ohio. Learn more about them, endangered status, and Ohio's rarest ...

On the second day of rains, about 150 miles northeast of Valle Crucis, in Shawsville, Virginia, Andrew Kepich found a gleaming red salamander in a puddle of residual water in his leaky basement.

Hellbenders are real, but we're not talking about those amphibians. Ohio is home to many salamander species, including the red-backed salamander. It was recently found wriggling around at the ...