While many are aware of the many different species of toads and frogs that mix their voices together to form this springtime music, you may be surprised to learn of the third, more elusive type of ...

These adults typically return to the water to breed. A hallmark of amphibians is a smooth skin thatmust be kept moist because it is permeable to water. Unlike frogs, salamanders keep their larval tail ...

The Shenandoah salamander is a woodland salamander, which means it doesn't have lungs and instead breathes through its skin surface. Because of this, its skin must remain moist at all time; as a ...

I pick one up and hold it in my hand: Its smooth skin is a purplish gray ... you’ll need to ask the spotted salamanders. They’ve been doing it right for millions of years.

Here is a eight animal species who can regenerate their body parts. Salamanders tend to regrow their tails, weeks after dropping the old one and the new appendage is fully functional. But some species ...

The Shenandoah salamander is a woodland salamander, which means it doesn't have lungs and instead breathes through its skin surface. Because of this, its skin must remain moist at all time; as a ...