Growing up to 5 feet long, the Japanese giant salamander is among the largest amphibians living today. Now it's got a new ...

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging ...

Woodland salamanders have worn the same basic body plan for over 100 million years, leading scientists to dismiss them as ...

A rapid biodiversity survey in Peru’s remote Andean foothills has identified 27 species previously unknown to science, a haul ...

The Chinese giant salamander is the world's largest amphibian, weighing upwards of 140 pounds and growing to a length of more than 5.9 feet Petr Hamerník - Zoo Praha via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...

Benji Jones is a senior environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change. Before joining Vox, he was a senior energy reporter at Business Insider. Benji previously ...

In the fairy-tale landscape of the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland, the skull of one of the most ancient salamanders ever discovered to date was excavated from Jurassic limestones.

With a new president shaking things up and senators arguing over Twitter more than taxes, it’s probably putting it mildly saying that these are interesting times in Washington, D.C. Given the current ...

Aneides vagrans, also called the wandering salamander, is an elusive critter. Its natural habitat is the canopy of California's redwood trees, the world's tallest trees, making it tough to observe.