For millennia, their fossilized bones remained hidden inside layers ... which were the ancestors of today’s salamanders, frogs and toads. Researchers think B. bakeri lived in freshwater lakes ...

The animals' fossilized remains, uncovered across four excavations between 2014 and 2019, have been relatively undisturbed since then and feature preserved delicate small bones and parts of the ...

A hungry predator—perhaps a spider or bird or snake—ripped off its left front leg, leaving the stub of a bone jutting from its side. The salamander managed to escape but then must have fallen ...

Perhaps the strangest-looking animal in this catch was a species dubbed Eurycea rathbuni, now known as the Texas blind salamander. Upon discovery, herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger described them ...

With its wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, the California tiger salamander always looks like it's smiling. But this beautiful amphibian is a discriminating species that can only thrive in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The agency now has 12 ...