For her doctoral dissertation, Yale's Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the ...
A fire salamander rests on a moss-covered rock beside shallow flowing water, its bright yellow markings clearly contrasting with the dark body. Instead of hiding among leaves or shadows, the ...
Why are giant salamanders so giant? It turns out that the world’s largest amphibians have one unique evolutionary feature in common. Lakes, streams and aquifers across North America are crawling with ...
A sinuous swamp salamander with spots like a leopard and Christmas-tree-shaped fronds growing from its head hid from scientists for decades. But researchers have finally described this elusive and two ...