A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona, seeks to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether or not to protect a rare salamander found in scattered locations ...

Much of the previous research on how the salamander's body reacts to cold temperatures has been conducted in labs. To find out more about the amphibian's thermal biology in a natural setting, the ...

This story first appeared in the Kentucky Lantern, part of States Newsroom. An environmental advocacy group that seeks to protect endangered species is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ...

On Thursday, the Center for Biological Diversity announced it was suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over years-long delays in determining if the yellow-spotted woodland salamander should ...

In ancient times, people had some wild beliefs about salamanders. They thought these cool-skinned amphibians could survive in fire. That is not true, of course. But some salamanders do have a ...

Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold. In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire.