‘Large’-eyed creature with ‘long’ limbs found on Costa Rica peak. It’s a new species
During the searches, the team found two yellow-brown salamanders on tree trunks, the study said. Researchers took a closer ...
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Rare Appalachian Salamander Moves Closer to Endangered Species Protection
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 ...
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Federal Protection Sought for Rare Salamander in Coal Country
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 10 partner organizations petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the ...
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Hurricane Helene Battered the ‘Salamander Capital of the World’ With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?
When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...
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Salamanders of New York
They feed upon earthworms and other subterranean invertebrates. Tiger salamanders, as their name implies, typically possess yellow stripes on a brownish body while spotted salamanders have up to 50 ...
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Long-lost golden salamander spotted alive for the first time in 42 years
That wasn’t exactly the case with the Jackson’s climbing salamander, however, because it was so incredibly rare already that when it was last spotted in 1975, that was only the second time ...
Mystery creature spotted in West Virginia park gives people the creeps: ‘Nothing I had ever seen before’
Footage of a mysterious creature roaming through a West Virginia park has left locals and animal experts stumped — with some residents guessing the enigmatic beast is anything from a lemur to a ...
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8 Salamander Species That Make Great Pets
They love burrowing and hiding! Spotted salamanders have dark skin like slimy salamanders, but they have bright yellow spots. They’re common throughout the United States and Canada, but you ...
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Ring Species: Salamanders
The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended ... The other is more uniform and brighter, with bright yellow eyes, apparently in mimicry of the deadly poisonous western ...
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Portion of Presque Isle Park roads close for blue-spotted salamander migration
During the spring, blue-spotted salamanders make their way from wooded areas to temporary ... some folks here from the Superior Watershed Partnership and some citizens in yellow vests handing out what ...
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Salamander Lagoon
Dr. Matson has been introducing wood frogs and spotted salamanders into the lagoon for the last several years. He is researching the effects of metal toxicity on northeast Ohio amphibians and conducts ...