Imagine a world of endless darkness, where sunlight never reaches and the air is cool and damp. In this hidden realm, deep ...

This is the time of year when our local amphibians will be migrating back to their natal pools to mate and lay eggs.

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 ...

Other practices include staying on the road, as salamanders blend in with the off-road background quite well; touching them is not very safe, as the creatures excrete an irritating toxin from their ...

(Tim Jagielo/WNIN News) Walsh said much is learned from counting these amphibians, because salamanders and other amphibians are very sensitive to pollution. “They have permeable skin, and so by ...

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 ...