The big-headed, brown spotted, two-foot-long salamanders twisted and turned in their 2,500-gallon tanks, performing for the audience. At full size, the animals can grow to 5 feet long and weigh up ...

Crazier still, the 5-inch-long salamander will “drop its tail as a distraction, allowing escape,” the post noted. And they also “breathe through their skin,” the National Park Service says.

"We are trying with the project to preserve and protect the long leaf pine ecosystem and preserve the habitat-specific good for the salamander." The reticulated flatwoods salamander once thrived ...

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 ...

As a private university expands its footprint and threatens the amphibian’s habitat, residents are voicing their opposition ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. More than 20 million years ago a salamander hatchling less than three-quarters of an inch long met a traumatic end.

The rare salamanders are only found in a handful of east Tennessee caves. “This agreement is an important step toward securing long-overdue protections for the Berry Cave salamander and correcting a ...

The spotted salamander has long been a unique part of Homewood's history. Since at least the 1960s, and likely much longer, experts say, the amphibians have spent much of their time burrowing on ...