Using tweezers, Diane Madl picked through debris strained from the Nescopeck Creek, teasing out nymphs, crayfish, salamanders ...

Start as a wriggly, water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all our ...

But for periodical cicadas, which spend more than a decade underground as nymphs before emerging in one giant wave as winged adults, it’s business as usual. Periodical cicadas in Springfield ...

HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Ellen McLaughlin said she wasn’t speaking for herself. “I speak for the salamanders,” she told those gathered at a community meeting in late March. McLaughlin, a retired ...

They live underground as nymphs for either 13 or 17 years before emerging above ground in massive numbers. Different populations of periodical cicadas are called “broods” and are numbered with ...

That’s the advice from agriculture experts in Ohio as they warn a fresh batch of the invasive and damaging spotted lanternfly is getting ready to emerge. You may remember previous calls for ...

As a Costa Rican, I’ve always known our little country punches above its weight when it comes to nature. Now, we’ve got two more reasons to brag: Bolitoglossa chiquitica and Bolitoglossa silentium, ...

He shared a home with kinnaras, celestial nymphs, gandharavas, and other nagas. Since they were young, a celestial nymph named Lalita and a gandharva named Lalit had been in love, and they used to ...

It is salamander season again! This is the time of year when our local amphibians will be migrating back to their natal pools to mate and lay eggs. We were recently talking about amphibians in ...